Report on Inter School Cultural Competitions – 2010

Dear Friends and Devotees,

In order to introduce our Indian Culture and Moral Values to the school children, every year we conducting Inter School Cultural Competitions.

This year, the following competitions were held between 21stAugust, 2010 to 18^th September, 2010 for the children from L.K.G. to X Standard:

1. Srimat Bhagavad Gita Chanting – 7^th Chapter for Primary School students and 9^th Chapter for High School students.

2. Painting Competition: The topics were “Saints of India” for Primary School and “Mera Bharat Mahan (Glory of the Great India)” for High School.

3. Essay Writing: for on the topic “The life is short, The world is transient, They alone live who live for others”- a saying of Swami Vivekananda.

4. Elocution Competition: For High School students – “If I were a parent, how would I grow my children?” and for Primary School students – “Why should I not tell lie?”

5. Quiz Competition: This consisted of 6 rounds of questions culled from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata.

6. Fancy Dress for L.K.G. UKG and First standard students had “Animals and birds” as the theme and from 2^nd standard .to 4^th Standard children had “Great personalities from the history of India”

In all 1150 students from 22 schools registered their names and among them 552 took part in the competition. A total of 62 prizes along with certificates are being awarded to the winners. Each participant was given participation certificate. Each School who took part in the competition were gifted with a set of “Complete works of Swami Vivekananda”