Welham Girls' School and Welham Boys' school would jointly host the Indian Public Schools Conference (IPSC) literary Festival this year. More than 240 students from 22 schools would participate in the three-day event which starts on August 21. The Principal of the Welham Girls' School Jyotsna Brar informed media persons about the festival here on Tuesday.
Brar said that the Indian Public Schools' Conference is an association of top 80 public schools of the country and literary festival showcases the best talent of these schools. She said that the students from famed schools like Mayo College Ajmer, Birla Public School Pilani, Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' School Jaipur, the Scindhia School Gwalior and Doon School Dehradun would participate in the festival.
The Inauguration ceremony on Thursday would begin with recital of 'Dastangoi', a 16 Century Urdu oral storytelling art form. The highlights of the festival are workshop on Scripting and narration of radio play in Hindi, workshop on Journalistic Writing, literary quiz and 'Hasya Kavi Sammelan'.
Brar said that the school would also host the All India IPSC Girls (Under-14) Basketball tournament from September 1- September 4 and All India IPSC Girls (Under 14, 17 and 19) Table Tennis Tournament from September 27- September 29.
These tournaments are organised to select the team of IPSC which would participate in the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) national games. Brar said that 15 schools are expected to participate in the Under 14 Basketball Tournament, while 10 schools would participate in the Table tennis tournament.