Junior students of Takshila School, Bhubaneswar, observe Global Tiger Day on July 29 by painting their faces to resemble the big cat. They also took part in several other activities such as fancy dress, painting, quiz and essay writing. Environmentalist Biswajit Mohanty spoke to the students on the importance of the national animal, threats to its existence and measures being taken to conserve it. Telegraph picture

Inter-school contest

Mother’s Public School, Bhubaneswar, bagged the maximum number of awards and was named champion at the inter-school Horlicks Wizkids-2013 on July 27 in Bhubaneswar. Hundreds of students from 16 schools in the twin cities took part in the event. The coveted Wizkid title went to two students — Arindum Nayak of Mother’s and Pritiman Mishra of Stewart School, Cuttack. The two will represent Odisha in the South Asian finals to be held in Bangalore in November.

KIIT honour

KIIT International School, Bhubaneswar, was conferred the prestigious e-India 2013 award for use of technology in the teaching-learning process, under the category of education. Principal Sanjay Suar and his deputy, Nandita Mishra, received the award on July 23 at an event in Hyderabad attended by Andhra Pradesh ministers and other dignitaries.

New leaders

Fresh faces were inducted into the student council body of Sai International School, Bhubaneswar, on July 22 with director-general of police Prakash Mishra administering oath to the leaders of tomorrow.

Vikram Aditya Sahoo was appointed head boy and Soudamini Pogaru as head girl, apart from 26 others who got new responsibilities as cultural secretaries, sports captains, house captains, vice captains and vice secretaries.

Mishra said the investiture ceremony in schools was an occasion of great pride. “For those chosen by the school to shoulder responsibilities, it is not just an honour which puts you a step ahead of your peers, but also a reminder that you have duties to perform,” he said, asserting that discipline was of utmost importance and ought to be an integral quality of every human being.

Filmi lessons

The state culture department has decided to organise children’s film festivals in various parts of the state at regular intervals as part of its initiative to inculcate moral values and good behaviour in children. In the first phase, two films of Children’s Film Society of India were screened at Kala Vikash Kendra in Cuttack on July 20.

Over 300 students from various schools in Cuttack watched Heda Hoda and Baja at the special screening. Both the movies are directed by Vinod Ganatra and A.K. Bir.

Heda Hoda is based on the life of a little boy called Sonu who hails from a remote village in the northwestern region of Kutch and unknowingly enters Pakistan. In Baja, Shibu, the protagonist, regaled the children with his rescuing an old lady from an adverse situation. “I really enjoyed today. We hardly get any scope to watch children’s movies, but these two were really inspirational,” said Sanjit Das, a Class V student.

Football champs

The open inter-school football tournament in Rourkela ended on a high with Deepika English Medium School winning 3-0 in a sensational tie-breaker with St Thomas School at Chhend in the boys’ category. In the girls’ segment, Kuarmunda Girls School defeated Delhi Public School 6-0 in the final match. The tournament was organised by the sports department of Rourkela Steel Plant at Ispat Stadium.