A labourer works at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Friday. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh

Patna, Oct. 28: Students who are scheduled to take board examination this year could attend the National Education Day programme at Gandhi Maidan in the state capital next month to get tips on how to score well.

For, their seniors who topped the Bihar board examinations last year, would share their experience and give tips on how to get good marks and secure ranks at the programme. They would also be felicitated at the meet. Bihar Gaurav Samman would also be awarded at the meet to a person for his or her outstanding contribution to education.

The board exam toppers would not be the only ones to be felicitated at the programme though. Students of the state who have secured ranks in engineering, medical and civil service exams would also be felicitated the programme.

A source said the National Education Day programme, organised by the state human resource development department (HRD) would be a grander affair compared to other years. A series of events have been lined up for it.

Celebrated on the birth anniversary of the first Union minister of education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the function this year would be inaugurated by chief minister Nitish Kumar on November 11. The HRD department would also organise a number of events like a national-level science exhibition. National Book Trust would also host a book fair as a part of the event.

R.S. Singh, the HRD department deputy director, said: “We have invited 250 schoolchildren from other states to take part in the science exhibition. Around 1,500 students from the state would also take part in the event to showcase their scientific abilities.”

A source said this would be the first such exhibition in Patna in a decade.

Though the official programme would conclude on November 13, some of the events would continue till November 16, added the source.

Singh said all the events would be held at pandals at Gandhi Maidan. They are being erected at present.