The semi final round of annual quiz contest was organised at Regional Science Centre. Organised in collaboration with Canara Bank, Bhopal, it was a day-long quiz that commenced on Wednesday at the Regional Science Centre’s premises.
Students from Jawaharlal Nehru School with accurate answers bagged most of the awards in this round. Various students of the city participated in the competition and explored their science ability through this quiz. The competition had two sections that included middle school and high school children. Students from Bhopal Girls School, Anand Vihar School Tulsi Nagar, Jawaharlal Nehru School, BHEl participated under the middle school category. Besides, schools like Sant Shree Asaram Bapu School, Jawaharlal Nehru School, BHEl and Sharda Vidya Mandir participated under the high school category.
The students’ skills were analysed on various levels. First the students played the primary level out of which they were selected for semifinal round and then three students were selected for the final round. At primary level the students were asked oral questions followed by audio-visual questionnaire that was done at second level of the quiz including a buzzer round. The final level was played with a rapid fire round.
Interestingly in both the categories Jawaharlal Nehru School stole the show and won the second semifinal round. Moreover, on Monday the first session of semifinal round was held and the last semifinal will take place on January 31. The final round of the quiz and the felicitation programme will be held on February 3 by Jaya Kumar, DGM Canara Bank.
The Education Officer of Regional Science Centre, Charudatta Pulliwar informed that this annual quiz contest is inter school competition where various schools of the city participated. He further said, “This competition is an every year feature of the centre. The main purpose behind organising this competition is to encourage students to give an active participation in such quizzes and also to enhance their skills in different fields.”