Mysore :
Two students from Mysore have done the city proud by bagging top ranks in International English Olympiad (IEO) and National Cyber Olympiad (NCO) conducted by Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) in association with the British Council and BBC Knowledge.
Milan Bidare of Manasarowar Pushkarini Vidyashrama in city, who was ranked first both in State and International-level under the International English Olympiad category, received a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 while P. Rajas of JSS Public School, Jss Technical Institutions Campus (SJCE), ranked first in State and 17th in International-level under the National Cyber Olympiad category.
SOF had organised its 16th International Awards ceremony at Delhi recently to felicitate international winning students, teachers and Principals of Olympiad exams for the academic year 2012-13.
Justice R.C. Lahoti, former Chief Justice of India, was the chief guest. Prof. Y.S. Rajan, Distinguished Professor at ISRO and Chairman of NIT, Manipur and Charlie Walker, Director-Programmes, British Council India, were the guests of honour.
Awards were given to top 3 international rank holders from classes 1 to 12 for the four Olympiad exams conducted by SOF.
Winners from classes 7 to 12 were given a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 each, the rank 2 holders won Rs. 25,000 each and rank 3 holders got Rs. 10,000. Winners from classes 1 to 6 were awarded i-Pads. In addition, attractive gifts were given to all the winners. The top 10 Principals and top 40 teachers whose students put up an excellent performance were felicitated with cash awards, mementos and citations.
Mahabir Singh, Founder and Executive Director, SOF, said 24,000 students from 1,050 cities across India and 14 countries have been awarded for achieving top State-level ranks. In addition, close to 3,50,000 students have been awarded “Medals of Excellence” for achieving top rank in their respective schools.
SOF spends about Rs. 8 crore towards awards, scholarships and training programmes. For the academic year 2012-13, around 25,000 schools had registered for the 4 Olympiads.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / June 21st, 2013