Three students from Bhopal made their parents proud by garnering International Ranks in the Olympiad Awards held recently in Delhi organized by Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). About Forty five lakh students, over 34000 schools from 1400 cities across India and 22 countries participated in the Olympiad exams during 2015-16.
In this Olympiad, Bhopal came out with flying colors. Vrinda Sinha of class 6th from Saint Joseph Convent Girls’ Senior Secondary School and Jahnvi Jyoti Singh of class 10th from Delhi Public School got second rank in International English Olympiad. Shashwat Shivam of class 12th from Saint Joseph’s Co-ed School got second rank in International Math’s Olympiad. These students were awarded with a silver medal.
During the function, the top 3 international rank holders from classes one to twelve for the 4 Olympiad exams conducted by SOF were awarded at Delhi.
The awards included in Delhi Function: International rank One 47 awards. - Each winner awarded Rs.50,000/, a gold medal, Merit Certificate, International rank Two 47 awards. – Each winner awarded Rs.25000/, a silver medal, Merit Certificate, International rank Three 47 awards.
Each winner awarded Rs.10000/, a bronze medal, Merit Certificate and gifts worth Rs 1000/ each.
The top 10 principals and top 40 teachers, whose students put up an exceptional performance at international level, were also felicitated with cash awards, mementos & citations.
The founder & Executive Director of SOF Mahabir Singh shared that in addition to International winner, about 79000 students from 6000 schools have been awarded for achieving top state level ranks. In addition, close to 6,00,000 students have been awarded “Medals of Excellence” for achieving top rank in their respective schools.