On the ideals of life of the great person of the era, Swami Vivekananda, who brought a new identity to the Indian spiritualism and culture in the world, various competitions like drawing, essays, speech and quiz will be organised in all the middle, high and higher secondary schools of Chhattisgarh, in the year of his 150th Jayanti.
According to an official press statement issued here on Friday, each contestant who stands first, second and third in the state level final contest would be given cash prize Rs 10,000, Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively and their schools would be given cash prize Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 10,000 and trophy respectively. The competitions will start in the next academic session from July 16, 2013.
According to the officers of School Education Department, drawing competition on ‘social work linked to the works of Vivekananda’ would be held at school-level from July 16.
For the pre-middle school children the competitions at school-level would be held from July 16 to August 15, at development block-level from August 16 to September 8, at district level on December 25 and at state-level on January 12, 2014.
Similarly, essay contest on “Great person of the era – Swami Vivekananda” would be held for the students of pre-middle school from July 16 to August 16 at school-level, from August 16 to September 8 at development block-level, on December 25 at district-level and on January 12, 2014 at state-level. One hour each has been prescribed for the drawing and essay contests.
Speech competitions for the pre-middle school students would be held from July 16 to August 15 at school-level, from August 16 to September 8 at development block-level, on December 25 at district-level and on January 12, 2014 at state-level. The subject of the speech competition is “Great person of the Era Swami Vivekananda” and the prescribed time for it is 5 minutes.
The quiz competition for the middle school students would be held from July 16 to August 15 at school-level, from August 16 to September 8 at development block-level, on December 25 at district-level and on January 12, 2014 at state-level.
The dates and the subjects of drawing, essay, speech and quiz competitions for the students of high school and higher secondary schools would be the same as prescribed for the pre-middle school students, the officers added.