Sammit Jain from New Era Public School won the city final title and will now fight it out with the winners from other cities, in the national level skills competition
IDEA Cellular, the pan-India mobile operator conducted a unique program, 'Kaho what’s Your Idea' – a national inter-school skills fest, for the kids of New Delhi. ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’ is aimed at initiating a movement which is focused at developing the school children’s all round personality, by engaging them in activities which promote Logical thinking; Weaving a story; Application of Memory skills and Real-Life skills; besides honing their General Knowledge and Current Affairs.
390 school children from across 39 schools, including Ryan International, Delhi Public School, Modern School, Sprindales School, New Era Public School, Ramjas School, Manavsthali School, Summer Field School, Blue Bells School, etc participated in the event. 6 students qualified for the next round where they competed against each other to win the title of “City Winner”.
Sameer A. Thomas from Don Bosco School, Ria Arora from St. Thomas School, Sammit Jain from New Era Public School, Anshul Mishra from NK Bagrodia School, Prateek Aggarwal from St. George’s School and Utkarsh Phooli from The Indian School were selected for city finals.
Sammit Jain from New Era Public School won the city final title and will now fight it out with the winners from other cities, in the national level skills competition
The City Finals comprise of rounds like Instant Recharge, Talk Time, Memory card, Key pad locked and Speed Dial which were specially designed by counselors, principals and faculty from different schools and institutes from the country, to gauge the student’s thought process and allow them to speak their mind and test themselves in a holistic manner.
School children from Gurgaon enjoyed the skills test, even if not everybody turned out a winner.
According to Mr N.F. Aibara Chief Operating Officer, Delhi, UP(W) & Haryana , IDEA Cellular “We are delighted to engage with the bright sparks of New Delhi with our unique national inter-school skills fest – ‘Kaho what’s Your Idea’. This will provide a platform to the city kids to test and hone their own skills and also to compete with their peers from across the country”.
Idea’s ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’ program will reach out to over 2 lakh children in 3,000 schools across 100 Indian cities, with the support of Derek O’Brien & Associates, which is also the content partner for the initiative.
