AISM Inter-School Quiz competition-27th July 2015
Billabong High International School, Thane has hosted "Inter School General Knowledge Quiz Competition" on 27th July, 2015; under the aegis of the Association of ICSE Schools in Maharashtra (AISM).Around 66 ICSE schools participated in this Zonal event, consisting of Audio, visual and oral rounds. The participating schools came from not just the twin cities of Mumbai and Thane but even from Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Valsad and Lonavala.
The Quiz was conducted at two levels -Juniors (Grades VIII, IX and X) and Seniors (Grades XI and XII). The Quiz was conducted by well known anchor and Quiz Master Mr.Dyu D'cunha.
Ranjini Krishnaswamy, the Director-Principal of the school, "The idea is to give pupils a platform to hone their skills and what better than an Inter school Quiz Competition. This is the 2nd in the line of events planned as part of our Decennary celebrations."
The winners of this quiz will participate in the National Finals to be held in Kerala in September 2015.
The winners for the Junior level were- Aaditya Shrivastav and Krishna Sharma from Ryan International School, Malad. 2nd Position-Raghav Vishwanath and Sumanyu Ghoshal from Lokhandwala Foundation School.
The winners for the Senior level was - Aaditya Iyer and Abhigyan Ray from Lilavati Bai Podar High School, Santa Cruz 2nd Position-Malav Shah and Ayush Singh from Jasudben ML School, Khar.
All the winners were felicitated by our Hon. Trustee Mr Sudhir Goenka.
Interview excerpts-
Activity High School, Pedder Road-Rajvardhan Ghorpade and Akshat Shah said "It was really good experience. They would like to participate in such events as it improves knowledge". They added that such events should be conducted on regular basis.
Ryan International School, Nerul-Satyanarayan Singh and Foram Pathak said" Very informative".
Lokhandwala Foundation School-Raghav Vishwanath and Sumanyu Ghoshal said" Good experience. More active participation gives more knowledge."
Jasudben ML School, Khar-Malav Shah, Harsh Joshi-Parab, Ayush Singh and Eshan Gandhi said- "Very good experience. Events such as this gives overall knowledge and prepare for competitive exams".