Chief instructor from Oracle Academy-Asia Pacific Gitanjali Singh conducts an animation workshop for school teachers. Telegraph picture

Animation tools

The regional zone of Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) organised a computer animation workshop at DAV Public School (Pokhariput), Bhubaneswar, from August 22 to 25 to help develop better educational tools through animation techniques.

It was held in collaboration with leading animation expert Oracle Academy-Asia Pacific. The three-day workshop saw the participation of 45 computer teachers from Odisha, Bengal and Chhattisgarh.

They were trained in recent applications in making cartoons and animation and were given projects on various subjects.

Chief instructor from Oracle Academy Gitanjali Singh conducted the workshop. Regional director of CBSE A.S. Verma took part in the inaugural session and said animation techniques were very helpful in preparing a student-friendly curriculum.

Quiz whiz

Soham Panda, a Class VII student of Mother’s Public School, Bhubaneswar, won in the city round of Dell Champs-2013, a 20 city student-outreach programme in the form of a technology-based quiz contest.

The unique feature of the event was that the students could team up with a family member above the age of 21. Soham partnered with his grandfather S.P. Chainy, a retired government employee.

The duo had won the school round earlier and represented the school in the inter-school city finals at Idcol Auditorium.

Two teams from almost 40 schools in the capital selected in an intra-school round were present at the event. In the last round, Mother’s battled it out with teams from Loyola, DAV and BJEM Schools, but beat them with a huge margin of 45 points. The national finals will be held online.

Soham, a Class VII student of Mother’s Public School, Bhubaneswar, and his grandfather after winning Dell Champs-2013 quiz contest. Telegraph picture

Talent show

St Joseph’s School, Kendrapara, conducted its annual science, computer, art and crafts exhibition on August 24. Around 40 projects on various themes were put on show and were adjudged by a team of experts from across the state, said principal Father James Tharaniyil. The guests on the occasion were retired principal of Kendrapara Autonomous College Samsur Ali, Father Francis of Odisha Jesuit Society and Brother Maxi from Loyola School, Bhubaneswar.

First-aid lessons

The DAV Public School (Chandrasekharpur), Bhubaneswar, organised a training programme on first-aid and nursing for its senior students on August 23 and 24. The two-day programme was organised by the school’s National Service Scheme wing and St John ambulance, Odisha.

Mother tongue

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the “KISS-BvLF Mother Tongue based Multilingual Early Childhood Education Learning Laboratory” at the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar, on August 25.

“In July last year we issued a notification for developing curriculum in 10 tribal languages for pre-primary students and we are committed to make quality early childhood education in mother tongue a reality for 1.4 million tribal children of Odisha,” said Naveen.

The unique programme is being carried out in collaboration with Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF). Founder of KISS Achyuta Samanta said Odisha had 62 tribal communities, which necessitated a policy on mother tongue-based multilingual early childhood education. KISS houses nearly 20,000 tribal children and the language lab was a step forward towards achieving quality early childhood education, he added.