‘World’s biggest crossword contest at DPS, Ranchi, begins’
The first ever CBSE Cryptic Crossword Contest 2014 was inaugurated by Chief Minister (CM) Hemant Soren at Delhi Public School, Ranchi on Wednesday. To enhance lateral thinking creativity and analytical ability, which is very much the need of the hour for the overall development of a child, the Central Board of Secondary Education has organized the contest.
The world’s biggest inter-school crossword contest, CCCC 2014 is being conducted in two phases- City rounds and the National round during July to December 2014. The city round, which begins at Ranchi, is scheduled to be held in 34 cities all across India covering all the 8 regional zones of CBSE. The first city round was conducted in Ranchi in which more than 25 schools
participated.
Chief Guest CM Hemant Soren distributing prizes to the winner of city round Agni Mitra Sinha and Aditya Sinha of DPS School said, “Whenever it comes to innovation in the field of education DPS Ranchi has always lead from the front. It is a very good initiative taken by CBSE as it will promote lateral and logical thinking among the children. “
He further added that Jharkhand is always counted under the backward heads but the performance of the students reflects that the state children are no less as compare to other state students. Besides, the winning team the students of runner up team from Jawahar Vidya Mandir (JVM) Shyamali Aditya lahri and Ravi Roshan were also awarded by Soren.
Schools, including DPS, JVM Shyamali, DAV schools, Army Public School, Bidgeford Public, Cambrian Public School, Vivekananad Vidhya Mandir Dhurwa, Kendriya Vidhyalaya St. Xavier’s School and loreto Convent are some of the prominent ones that have participated in the contest.
Guest of Honour Human Resource Development (HRD) Department Minister Geetashree Oroan also congratulated the students for their brilliant performance. She said, “Such Contest is a good mental exercise for the holistic growth of a child. We should encourage such activities for the overall growth of the students in the near future.”
Speaking about the importance of the contest, Principal Secretary Forest, Government of Bihar and the Chief Mentor of Cryptic Cross Word Vivek Kumar said “Crossword puzzles help students improve their vocabulary, reasoning, lateral thinking and analytical abilities this is perhaps the idea behind introducing. It helps develop other skills, like making inferences, evaluating alternatives and drawing conclusions. It imparts enjoyment to the learning process and helps involve different mental faculties. It gives a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, which is so vital for personality development. It is an interesting and effective educational tool, for both, students and teachers.” DPS Ranchi Principal Dr Ram Singh said, “It is a matter of great pride that the school student have come up with flying colours in this contest and hope for the same at the national level.”
The finale of the CCCC 2014 will be held in December 2014 at New Delhi. The national winners of the contest will win prizes worth Rs 25,000 each along with trophies and certificates, the national runners up will be awarded prizes worth Rs 15,000 along with trophies and certificates and the national finalists (3rd and 4th) position holders will be awarded prizes worth Rs 10,000.