On the occasion of International Youth Day, SAMUHA NEPAL (TEAM NEPAL) organized Senior Inter School Team Nepal Literary Contest – III, Junior Inter School Team Nepal Art Contest – II and Pre-Primary Inter School Team Nepal Fancy Dress Contest – I at St. Xavier’s School, Jawalakhel, on youth issues. In the Art Contest, the students were given two topics out of which on the spot by lucky draw, the students showed their art work on the topic My Favourite Season. On the same day, the winners were awarded with their accolades. The sponsors as well as the judges were also felicitated in the same event. In English Category, Udip Rai (Class X) from Sacred Heart Boarding School, Lisha Maharjan (Class X) from Universal College Preparatory School, Sneha Ghimire (Class X) from St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Amulya Shrestha (Class IX) from Arniko Boarding School and Kalsang Wangmo Sherpa (Class X) from The Chandbagh School bagged first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes respectively. Similarly, in Nepali Category, Rijju Dhakal (Class X) from St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Anusha Shrestha (Class IX) from Arniko Boarding School, Asha Bhandari (Class X) from Kathmandu University High School, Pasang Gyalbo Lama (Class X) from Namgyal Higher Secondary School and Pratyusha Dhamala (Class IX) from New Zenith English Model School succeeded with first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. In the Art Contest, Deepnav Shrestha (Class VI) from NIC, Celie Lama (Class VI) from The Chandbagh School, Kabin Thapaliya (Class V) from The Chandbagh School, Mihir Shrestha (Class VI) from The Excelsior School and Anjali Kedia (Class V) from Shuvatara School won the first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Shreeya Dangol (Class VI) from REHDON Higher Secondary School won Judge’s Choice Award. Savar Mani Dixit (UKG) from Montessori Cottage, Soniya Niraula from Triyog Higher Secondary School, Aayushree Khadka (UKG) from Baylor International Academy, Pritam GT from Triyog Higher Secondary School and Protsahan Chaudhary (LKG) from Sunny Bunny Montessori won the first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.
Pradeep Kumar Rai, Byakul Maila, the writer of our National Anthem was the Chief Guest of the event. The first, second and third winners of the literary contest were awarded trophies, certificates and gift hampers along with a cash prize of Rs. 5,000, Rs.2,000 and Rs. 1,000 respectively in each category. The fourth and fifth students got gift hampers along with certificates. Similarly, the first, second, third, fourth and fifth position holders in the art contest were awarded medals, certificates and gift hampers. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth position holders in the fancy dress contest were awarded with trophies, certificates and gift hampers. All the participants as well as the participating schools got the certificates.