An inter-school elocution (poetry) competition was held for students of VII and VIII on Thursday at the premises of the Delhi Public School (DPS), Raipur.
A large number of schools registered their participation in the competition. Two participants were invited from each school, a DPS press release informed.
The schools that participated were Gyan Ganga Educational Academy, Krishna Public School, Disha School, Bal Bharti Public School Bilaspur, Aditya Birla Public School Rawan, DPS, Bhilai and the host school, DPS Raipur.
The judges on this occasion were Priya Nair, an educationist and trainer, Madhu Rathi, a facilitator and a seasoned trainer, Creative Director Jus lingual and Anurag Pandey, HOD English, Kalyan College Bhilai. They commended DPS Raipur for organizing an enlightening event and providing a platform to the participants to showcase their potential to recite confidently.
The declaration of the competition results was made by the DPS Raipur Principal Raghunath Mukherjee. later on, trophies and certificates were awarded to the winners.
The award for best recitation was bagged by Anima Dutta of Bal Bharti Public School Bilaspur which also won the School Team award. The school has received the competition’s overall trophy for the second year in succession.
In class VII segment, Anima Dutta of Bal Bharti Public School Bilaspur bagged the first position. The second position was bagged by Aditya Mukherjee of DPS Raipur.
In class VIII segment the first position was shared by Aishwarya Nair of Bal Bharti Public School Bilaspur and Tanisha Shrishrimal of DPS Raipur.