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Tuesday 24 June 2014

Kidovators 2014

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Kidovators 2014 is a platform for school students to showcase their intuitiveness and preparedness for life ahead. The challenge is being conducted in two Rounds. Round 1 is a national level written aptitude test to be conducted at school level. Round 2 is going to be a ‘Practical Challenge’ where students have to solve real life problems. This round will see top 175 students (of Classes 3 - 9) from all over India compete for the top honour – to be crowned ‘Champion Kidovator of India’ along with a host of other prizes.
 
The closing date for registration in Kidovators 2014 is 15th August 2014. The final date for Gyan Lab Team to receive the filled Registration Forms and Fees (Demand Draft/Online Payment) is 31st August 2014.
 
Awards
Best School Award - Cash Prize of Rs. 1,50,000
Most Enterprising School Award - Cash Prize of Rs. 1,00,000                          
1st Place - Prizes worth Rs. 1,00,000(7 nos.)
2nd Place - Prizes worth Rs. 50,000(7 nos.)
3rd Place - Prizes worth Rs. 25,000 (7 nos.)
4th - 10th Place - Prizes worth Rs. 5,000 (each)
11th - 25th Place - Prizes worth Rs. 2,000 (each
 
Round 1: Dates: 25th September 2014 & 16th October 2014
For: Students of Classes 3 – 9
Round 2: January 2015
All India Top 25 Students (of every class from Classes 3 – 9) would be extended an invitation to participate in the Kidovators 2014 Grand Finale in Bangalore
 
Criteria for Participation
• Minimum of 50 students should be enrolled for Round 1.
• The school will be the ‘Centre of Examination’ for Round 1.
• School can choose the Round 1 date to be on either 25th September 2014 or 16th October 2014. (Once the school has selected the date no changes shall be entertained.)

 
Contact
Address: Kidovators 2014, #172, 19th Main Road, Sector - 4, HSR Layout, Bangalore - 560102
Phone: +91-8197392069
 Email ID: kidovators@addongyan.com                     
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The Macmillan Book Review Contest

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Age Groups & Book Lists
Kids! Are you ready to review your Favourite Books?
Select a Book from your Age Group
Borrow the Book from your Library or from a friend, Read it, and then answer the given review questions.
 
Grades 7,8,9 Book List
 
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Feluda Series (Satyajit Ray)
Flat-track Bullies (Balaji Venkataramanan)
Jobless Clueless Reckless (Revathi Suresh)
Oops  the mighty Gurgle (Ram G
Valath)
Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan)
The Story Catcher (Varsha Seshan)
The Wordkeepers (Jash Sen)
Tiger by the Tail (Venita Coelho)
Vanamala and the Cephalopod (Shalini Srinivasan)
 
 
Grades 4,5,6 Book List
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Akbar and the Tricky Traitor (Natasha
Sharma)
Book Uncle and Me (Uma Krishnaswam)
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Fortunately The Milk (Neil Gaiman)
Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick)
Moin and the Monster (Anushka
Ravishankar)
The 6 Spellmakers of Dorabjee Street
(Shabnam M.)
The Blue Umbrella (Ruskin Bond)
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
The Stupendous Timetelling Superdog
(Himanjali Sankar)
Prizes
3 Lucky WINNERS in each group will WIN Macmillan Book Hampers
 
Last date is June 30th, 2014
 
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shOObh PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2014

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Eligibility Criteria:
(i) Participants must be between 5 – 17 years of age.
Participants must be bona fide students of the school they participate through.

(ii) The competition is open to all school children.
(iii) Participant could also be a foreign national.

Theme: JOY

Registration Fee: NIL

Guidelines for Entries:

School can submit the best drawing/painting in categories mentioned below:
  1. Group Classification A Nursery - Upper KG B Standard 1st – 3rd C Standard 4th – 7th D Standard 8th – 10th E Standard 11th – 12th F Over 18 years
  2. Format of the entry: Paper or Canvas (Any size)
  3. Participants are free to use a drawing medium of their choice (pencil, colors, pastels, crayons, ink, etc.).
  4. Each entry should be original, entirely done individually & should not have been previously submitted to any other competition or exhibited in any other forum.
  5. This is NOT a Poster making Contest. DONOT write Slogans on Painting. Entry form has space for caption/story, but should the caption not exceed 2 lines & must be written in English/ Hindi.
  6. The entries should not be mounted or framed.
    The entry form (attached) should be filled up & completed in Hindi/English, or be accompanied by a translation in Hindi/English.
    A maximum of two entries per category per school shall be entertained. Any entries beyond the specified limit shall be disqualified.
    PASTE THE FORM at the back of the painting, complete the form in your own hand writing along with signature of the Principal/ authorized signatory of the school with school stamp when submitting the painting.
    All entrants not complying with the rules will be disqualified. The organizer’s decision shall be final & binding.
    The organizers shall not be responsible for any loss/damage of an entry during transit.
NOTE:  DONOT SEND ENTRIES WITHOUT ENTRY FORM

Closing Date: Entry should be sent through post by 5th September, 2014 to:
shOObh Arts Competition-2014
shOObh Group Welfare Society
10, CSC, Pocket-E, Mayur Vihar-2, Delhi-110091, India
M: +91-9873322822
E-mail: shoobhphotographycontest@gmail.com
Prize & Certificate of Merit: Three selected finalists in each category will receive a Medal & Certificate of Merit.
For further information visit http://shoobharts.com/competition2014.html
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shOObh Arts Competition-2014

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Eligibility Criteria:
  1. Participants must be between 5 – 17 years of age.
  2. Participants must be bona fide students of the school they participate through.
  3. The competition is open to all school children.
  4. Participant could also be a foreign national.
Theme: JOY

Guidelines for Entries:

  1. School can submit the best drawing/painting in categories mentioned below:
    GroupClassification
    ANursery - Upper KG
    BStandard 1st – 3rd
    CStandard 4th – 7th
    DStandard 8th – 10th
    EStandard 11th – 12th
    FOver 18 years
  2. Format of the entry: Paper (Any size)
  3. Participants are free to use a drawing medium of their choice (pencil, colors, pastels, crayons, ink, etc.).
  4. Each entry should be original, entirely done individually & should not have been previously submitted to any other competition or exhibited in any other forum.
  5. This is NOT a Poster making Contest. DONOT write Slogans on Painting. Entry form has space for caption/story, but should the caption not exceed 2 lines & must be written in English/ Hindi.
  6. The entries should not be mounted or framed.
  7. The entry form (attached) should be filled up & completed in Hindi/English, or be accompanied by a translation in Hindi/English.
  8. A maximum of two entries per category per school shall be entertained. Any entries beyond the specified limit shall be disqualified.
  9. PASTE THE FORM at the back of the painting ,complete the form in your own hand writing along with signature of the Principal/ authorized signatory of the school with school stamp when submitting the painting.
  10. All entrants not complying with the rules will be disqualified. The organizer’s decision shall be final & binding.
  11. The organizers shall not be responsible for any loss/damage of an entry during transit.

Closing Date: 5th September, 2014

Address
shOObh Arts Competition-2014
shOObh Group Welfare Society
10, CSC, Pocket-E, Mayur Vihar-2, Delhi-110091, India
M: +91-9873322822


Prize & Certificate of Merit: Three selected finalists in each category will receive a Medal & Certificate of Merit.

Result: Winners shall be declared by shOObh Board.

Exhibition of Winning Entries: Winning entries shall be displayed at exhibition(s) across India.
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14th Sasthra Prathibha Matsaram - à´¶ാà´¸്à´¤്à´° à´ª്à´°à´¤ിà´­ാ മത്സരം 2014

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Swadeshi Science Movement (SSM), the Kerala chapter of Vijnana Bharati is a popular science movement that aims at developing and propagating science at all levels. SSM organizes several programmes for students in Kerala; Sastra Pratibha Matsaram (SPM) and Face to Face with Frontiers in Science are some of the programmes which mainly target school students.

Structure of SPM 2014

Sastra Prathiba Matsaram (SPM) is a three level process of screening. The first level is a written examination consisting of multiple choice questions (MCQs). The second level is a Zonal one day Camp which will be held at four centres in Kerala and two students from each class representing their district will qualify to the third level. The third level is a two-day State Camp wherein the Sastra Prathibas of the State will be selected.
The State winners – Sastra Prathibas will represent Kerala at the National Camp – Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan Camp.
 

Who can participate?

Students of Kerala state studying in classes 6 to 11 of any Board of Education such as CBSE, ICSE, State Government, both English and Malayalam medium alike.
The candidates will be divided into two groups:

Group A : 6, 7, 8 classes

Group B : 9, 10 & 11 classes
 

Syllabus and Study material

The syllabus for all groups covers Indian Contribution from ancient to modern Science & Technology, Indian Space Science & achievements and Swami Vivekananda & Science besides reasoning & quantitative analysis and current affairs & General Knowledge.
The text material detailing Indian contribution to Science & Technology, Indian Space& achievements and Swami Vivekananda & Science which covers 80% of the total syllabus, will be published in "Science India", the science magazine of Swadeshi Science Movement as a special issue.
This science magazine will be supplied to all those registered students.
 

Selection Process

The first level – written examination will be of one hour duration. The answers are to be marked in the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) sheets. The medium of the examination is English.
A total of six students from each class of a district will qualify to the 2nd level – Zone Camp. The Zone Camp would comprise of 3-4 districts together but the selection to the third level will be district-wise class-wise. Finally two students from each class will represent their district at the State Camp which will be held at Ernakulam.
 

How to apply

Registration form, duly filled in and signed, along with a Bank draft for Rs.150/- drawn in favor of 'Sastra Pratibha Matsaram' payable at Ernakulam should be sent to
General Convener,
Sastra Pratibha Matsaram,
c/o Swadeshi Science Movement,
Sastra Bhavan, B-4, 4th floor, Mather Square,
Town Railway Station Road, Kochi-682018.
Phone 0484-2393242, 9895351015, Fax 2393256.
Email id :
contact@spmkerala.com
It is suggested that the Principal or the authorized teacher of the school collect the registration fees and details from the students intending to participate in the contest and send it to SSM along with the school registration form.
 
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Awards

The Sastra Prathibas would receive cash prizes, mementoes and a certificate. The Zonal Level winners would receive certificate and a prize. All students who participate at the State Level Camp would receive participation certificates.

Schedule (Important Dates)

Last date for Registration - 31st July 2014
First Level written examination - 28th September 2014
Zonal Level Camp - November-December 2014
State Level Camp - April 2015
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Thursday 5 June 2014

Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) Scholarship

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FAEA invites application for scholarships (sponsored by BHEL) for the year 2014-2015 to pursue undergraduate studies in arts/commerce/science/medical/engineering and other technical and professional disciplines at any university/institution/college in India. 

Number of scholarships: - 50 

Eligibility Criteria: (i) Students belonging to socially and economically disadvantaged sections in the BPL category (ii) Students who have passed Class XII from a recognized board in India (iii) 1st year under-graduate  students. 

Financial Support: Tuition fee, maintenance allowance or hostel and mess charges as per our norms. 

How to apply: (i) You may apply online at www.faeaindia.org (most preferred way) (ii) The form can be downloaded from FAEA website and submitted by post at the address mentioned below. 

Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) 
C-25, Qutab Institutional Area, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi –110016 
Ph: 011-41689133 
Email: inquiry@faeaindia.org, Website: http//www.faeaindia.org 

 Last date to apply: 30th  June 2014
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