Selections for National Balshri Award-2015 will be made at district level this time. September 30, 2015 is the last date for nominating children for award. In a circular, all commissioners and district collectors have been asked to ensure nomination process till prescribed date in districts under their respective jurisdiction. After nomination, children’s selection test will be held between October 31 and November 3.
Principal Secretary Women & Child Development JN Kansotiya has asked commissioners and collectors to seek cooperation of Joint/Deputy Directors School Education, District Women’s Empowerment Officers and Assistant Directors Divisional Bal Bhavans in nomination process of children.
A child selected under Balshri Award is given a plaque, letter of citation, Rs 15,000 (Kisan Vikas Patra) and a set of literary books. Children from 10 to 16 years of age (as on April 1, 2015) can take part in 10+12, 12+14 and 14+16 age groups. Subjects for the award include tabla/musical instruments, vocal music, dance, theatre and puppetry among performing arts and visual arts (graphics and digital arts), painting, sculpture and handicraft among creative arts, poetry, story, prose, dialogue and drama among creative writing and making science models, science projects and solution to scientific problems among innovative scientific creations.
Total 20 children from every district will be nominated including one child from all above mentioned 16 categories and one disabled child (disabled and orphan) from each of 4 subjects (total 4). These nominated children will participate in state level selection test. State level test for creative performing arts and creative writing will be held on October 31 and other creative \scientific innovations on November 2.
District administration will nominate children at district level. The districts having Bal Bhavan, selection process will be undertaken by concerning Bal Bhavan. In all, 16 children in above mentioned 16 sub-subjects and 4 special children (disabled orphans) in 4 main subjects will be selected.
National Bal Bhavan has set up separate centres for all 51 districts of the Madhya Pradesh for state level selection test for Balshri Award. Children from 30 districts will participate in selection test at Bal Bhavan, Bhopal, 16 at Bal Bhavan, Indore, 3 at Bal Bhavan, New Delhi and children of 2 districts will take part in selection test at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Only nominated children whose names have been sent in prescribed form by district administration and Bal Bhavans will take part in selection test.