The little artists of the city wonderfully depicted their perceptions about nature in a painting competition organised on Tuesday at the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal.
Notably, to observe the World Enviornment Day, Regional Science Centre in collaboration with Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation (EPCO), Bhopal has organised many activities and programmes.
As a part of these celebrations a drawing contest was organised here on Tuesday. The competition was divided into three categories Primary school that included classed from first to fourth, next category Middle school included students from the classes fifth to eighth and the last category High school included classes ninth to twelfth. Further students from other categories also received appreciation awards. As many as 110 students from 13 schools such as Sharda Vidya Mandir, Campion School, Red Rose Convent (Berasia), Bal Bharti Public School participates in this event.
The theme of the contest was Nature. Students touched many aspects related to environment in their paintings like save trees, Green Buildings, Green cities and global warming. The children wonderfully depicted the dangers harming the planet and also the uniqueness of the planet was showcased through the variations of colours.
Further, a film screening on Chilka lake will also be organised for the high school children. Further, the event would be followed with a Popular Science lecture on ‘Birds in Madhya Pradesh’ by Mohammad Khaliq, Member, Bhopal Birds Group.
Moreover, a PowerPoint Presentation Contest on theme “Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea level” will be organised for middle school and high school children. Students have to present PPT individually in maximum 10 slides with the running time of 6 minutes per presentation for each student.
While talking about the event, Education Officer of science centre said, “This occasion is observed every year and each year we receive good response by the students and this time too, the centre urges students to actively participate in these programmes.”