Jamshedpur, July 15: Tata Steel and SAFE (Safety Awareness for Everyone) Club organised an inter-school safety quiz competition at Michael John Auditorium today.

The increasing number of road accidents had prompted Tata Steel and SAFE Club to host the quiz for schoolchildren for some years now.

Surekha Nerurkar, chairperson of the club, inaugurated the event. O.B. Krishna, chief of safety and ergonomics department, Tata Steel, was also present.

About 45 schools from Jamshedpur and one from West Bokaro participated in today’s competition. Six teams, namely Ramkrishna Mission, DAV Public School, Bistupur, Narbheram Hansraj English School, Hill Top School, ADLS Sunshine School and Kerala Public School, NML reached the final round. The preliminary round was an objective question answer test.

Students of Classes XI and XII wracked their brains in a general round, buzzer round, visual round and rapid fire round to reach the finals. All questions were related to road safety, electrical safety and domestic safety. DAV Public School came first followed by Hill Top School and Kerala Public School, NML.

“All schools were very co-operative. The number of students in the auditorium proves that. There have been lesser road accidents after the initiative taken by SAFE Club,” said Chandra Sharan, convener of SAFE Club.

Krishna said Harm Free Education would soon be implemented at schools and the safety mascot of Tata Steel called Jeevan would soon be a part of school uniform.

Harm Free Education is a concept that stresses on safety education at schools. “Children will be taught the best safety practices,” said Sharan.