The children of Jharkhand have performed brilliantly in the National Word Power Championship held in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Samarjit Kumar got the third place in class three while Amrita Kumari secured the sixth place in class four and Prabhat Kumar finished fourth place in class five. All the three champions have brought laurels to the State by securing a place in the top 10. Children from 10 states of the country participated in the National Word Power Championship. By answering difficult questions and words of English easily, children of Jharkhand have made their place in the top 10 participants.
The School Education and Literacy Department of Jharkhand and the Jharkhand Education Project Council were honoured with a special award for organising the innovation- based State- level FLN Championship. The State level FLN Championship was organised for the first time in the State on the lines of Word Power Championship.
In this, more than 7 lakh school children of the State were selected for the National Word Power Championship by giving excellent example of their presentation skills and knowledge in three subjects Hindi, English and Mathematics. However, only children of English subject got an opportunity to participate in the National Word Power Championship, because the Word Power Championship is mainly organised for English subject only.
On the splendid victory of the children of Jharkhand, Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Departmental Minister Ramdas Soren, Departmental Secretary Umashankar Singh, Jharkhand Education Project Director Shashi Ranjan, State Program Officer Dr. Avinav Kumar and other officials have congratulated the children.
The children who went to Mumbai to participate in the National Word Power Championship visited the city after the competition. The children went to Mumbai on Tuesday by plane, where expenses for their accommodation and food are being borne by the State's School Education and Literacy Department. After hoisting the flag of Jharkhand in Mumbai, the children will return to Ranchi by plane on Thursday.