CHANDIGARH, AUG 11
With a view to popularizing science and create scientific temper among the youth, Haryana Department of Science and Technology is organising Children Science Congress, Science Essay Writing Competitions and Science Workshops to provide scholarship to the students who pursue their studies in basic Science, fellowship Research. Also, it holds Science Quiz Contests for school and college students and others.
While stating this here today, Dr Sumita Misra, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department said that the department had been regularly organizing Science Quiz Contest since 1998 for motivating the students towards basic sciences, Environmental Studies, Renewable Energy and new ideas of scientific research, Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology.
She said that the Science Quiz Competition is a three tier activity which would be organized first at district level during August or September 2015 where the respective District Education Officer or Nodal Principals of colleges would conduct the quiz contest of school or college students in their districts. As many as 2,000 students would take part at the district level.
Dr Misra said that after this, the winners of the district level contests would participate at the zonal level competitions which would be organized by the Haryana State Council for Science and Technology at four zones. The state level contest is the final stage of this activity in which the winners at zonal level teams participate. At the state level contests, the prizes would be awarded to the winners of zonal and state level teams, she added.
She said that last year, 1,335 students of 445 schools participated in the school level science quiz contest and 552 students from 92 colleges took part in the college level science quiz contests.
Giving details on the prizes for the winners, she said that cash prizes of Rs 40,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 would be given away for the first, second and third positions respectively for the winners at zonal level contest for colleges. She said that cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, Rs 80,000 and Rs 60,000, respectively, would be given away to the first three winners at state level for college students contest. Cash prize of Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 12,000 would be given for first three winners respectively for the winners at zonal level contest for schools and cash prize of Rs 60,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 40,000 would be given away for first three positions, respectively for the winners of state level contest for school students.
Dr Misra said that the state level winners would get 50 per cent of the prize money whereas the balance 50 per cent prize money would be given to the concerned college or school for carrying out the activities to popularize science in their respective college or school.
With a view to popularizing science and create scientific temper among the youth, Haryana Department of Science and Technology is organising Children Science Congress, Science Essay Writing Competitions and Science Workshops to provide scholarship to the students who pursue their studies in basic Science, fellowship Research. Also, it holds Science Quiz Contests for school and college students and others.
While stating this here today, Dr Sumita Misra, Principal Secretary, Science and Technology Department said that the department had been regularly organizing Science Quiz Contest since 1998 for motivating the students towards basic sciences, Environmental Studies, Renewable Energy and new ideas of scientific research, Physics, Chemistry, Maths and Biology.
She said that the Science Quiz Competition is a three tier activity which would be organized first at district level during August or September 2015 where the respective District Education Officer or Nodal Principals of colleges would conduct the quiz contest of school or college students in their districts. As many as 2,000 students would take part at the district level.
Dr Misra said that after this, the winners of the district level contests would participate at the zonal level competitions which would be organized by the Haryana State Council for Science and Technology at four zones. The state level contest is the final stage of this activity in which the winners at zonal level teams participate. At the state level contests, the prizes would be awarded to the winners of zonal and state level teams, she added.
She said that last year, 1,335 students of 445 schools participated in the school level science quiz contest and 552 students from 92 colleges took part in the college level science quiz contests.
Giving details on the prizes for the winners, she said that cash prizes of Rs 40,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 would be given away for the first, second and third positions respectively for the winners at zonal level contest for colleges. She said that cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, Rs 80,000 and Rs 60,000, respectively, would be given away to the first three winners at state level for college students contest. Cash prize of Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 12,000 would be given for first three winners respectively for the winners at zonal level contest for schools and cash prize of Rs 60,000, Rs 50,000 and Rs 40,000 would be given away for first three positions, respectively for the winners of state level contest for school students.
Dr Misra said that the state level winners would get 50 per cent of the prize money whereas the balance 50 per cent prize money would be given to the concerned college or school for carrying out the activities to popularize science in their respective college or school.
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