On the occasion of International Youth Day, SAMUHA NEPAL (TEAM NEPAL), organized Inter School Team Nepal Art Contest – IV and Pre-Primary Inter School Team Nepal Fancy Dress Contest – III at St. Xavier’s School, Jawalakhel, on youth issues. The Art Contest was divided into Category A for the students of Class VIII to X and Category B for the students of Class V to VII. The students from both the Categories showed their art work on the topic Nepal 2072. 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 the Art Contest, Category A, Simrika Manandhar (Class IX) of GEMS Higher Secondary School, Shradha Shrestha (Class X) of Buddha Jyoti Academy, Dhondup Lama (Class X) of Kailash Bodhi School, Nisha Gupta (Class X) of Suryodaya Secondary School and Palasha Tuladhar (Class X) of Alok Vidyashram won the first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Similarly in Category B, Bishista Bajracharya (Class VII) of Gyanodaya Bal Batika Higher Secondary School, Tayama Rai (Class VI) of Suryodaya Secondary School, Bharat Khadka (Class VI) of Suryodaya Secondary School, Kriti Poddar (Class VII) of Whitefield Higher Secondary School and Aashutosh Adhikari (Class VI) of Buddha Jyoti Academy won the first, second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. The arts of the students were also displayed during the programme.
In Pre-Primary Inter School Team Nepal Fancy Dress Contest – III, 15 talents out of 40 were chosen from the Audition Round and were promoted to the Grand Finale. Two students, Iihana Bajracharya (UKG) from Blooms Academy and Pranav Bikram Chhetri (LKG) from The Chandbagh Pre-School were chosen as Little Photogenic and awarded the prizes. Trista Bajracharya (LKG) of Dallu Awasiya Vidhyalaya bagged the First position. Aarush Simkhada (LKG) of Imperial World School, Aaron Agarwal (LKG) of Imperial World School and Akshyata Tuladhar (UKG) of Nirvana Academy stood Second, Third and Fourth positions respectively. Two students Stutee Sangraula (LKG) of Imperial World School and Reva Dangol (SKG) of Blooms Academy shared Fifth positions. The programme was judged by five renowned judges.
In Art Contest, altogether 108 students from 37 different schools participated in Category A and 78 students from 31 different schools participated in Category B. Similarly, 40 students from 11 different schools participated in the Fancy Dress Contest. Nirnaya Shrestha NSK, a performer and a social worker was the Chief Guest of the event. The first, second and third winners of the Art Contest as well as the Fancy Dress Contest were awarded trophies, certificates and gift hampers respectively. The fourth and fifth students got gift hampers along with certificates. All the participants as well as the participating schools got the certificates.
The students of Radiant Readers’ Academy entertained the audience by their musical performance during the break. The students seemed to be very excited to give their hand prints on the cloth which was collected during the programme.