Three students of Dehradun have made the city proud by securing State ranks in International Olympiad Awards, 2013-14 organised by Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) at chinmaya Mission auditorium in Delhi.
Ayush Jindal, class 11 from St. Joseph Academy got state rank 2 in National Cyber Olympiad category.
Whereas Akshita Sagar Arora, class 11 from Grace Academy got rank three in International Mathematics Olympiad and Medhavi Kaushik, class 1 from Doon Blossoms School secured rank 3 in National Science Olympiad category.
Supreme Court judge, Justice Dipak Misra, who was the chief guest at the function, emphasised on the need of humility and sincerity in students, parents and teachers too.
He asked the winners to be ambitious, but analyse their inadequacies too.
The Guests of Honor, Professor YS Rajan, Chairman NIT Manipur, Mr. Richard Everett– Director Education, British Council India and Suprama Misra also recorded their presence.
In his address, Mahabir Singh, the Founder & Executive Director of SOF, said that over 27,000 schools from 1360 cities across India and 16 countries participated in the Olympiad exams during 2013-14 and millions of students appeared in the Olympiads.
About 24,000 students from 3,350 schools have been awarded for achieving top state level ranks. Close to 4,60,000 students have been awarded “Medals of Excellence”, for achieving top ranks in their respective schools. A certificate of participation and a personalized performance analysis report is also provided to each student in their school.”
He said besides Olympiads that SOF also provided an annual scholarship of Rs5000/ each to 300 meritorious girl children from economically weaker section under the Girl Child Scholarship Scheme (GCSS). It also provided scholarship of Rs5000/ each to 120 students excelling in English language.
SOF was also sending students to Singapore to attend a Computing Program in association with The National University of Singapore.
It also conducted Teachers’ Training Programs, through British Council to share improved educational techniques with teachers.