<p>The students of more than 90 schools from many states of the country participated in the two-day literary event ‘Presidency Challenge Cup’, organised by the Presidency Group of Institutions. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The students took part in events like ‘Spelling Bee’, ‘Debate’, ‘Elocution’ and ‘Quiz’. Schools like Sree Kumaran Public School, Bangalore; Navrachna School, Vadodara; Chinmaya International School, Coimbatore; Mahatma Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madurai; Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Cochin and other participated in the competition. <br /><br />The programme began with an inspiring speech from G Thangadurai, the director of Presidency Group of Institutions.<br /><br />“Public speaking is an art and can be nurtured only if one has the passion for it. I was a back-bencher and never got the opportunity to participate in any of the school events.<br /><br />But one of my teachers inspired me to come up and since then, there was no looking back. I participated in quizzes, debates, dance competitions and sports. Students need to have a strong passion and patience to groom themselves,” he said.<br /><br />Javagal Srinath, who was the chief guest, was equally inspiring and was greeted with a huge round of applause when he went up on stage. “I feel that children today are very talented and I don’t think that they should be pushed and pressurised to be in the top slot all the time. Their preparation and hard work makes all of them winners,” he added.<br /><br />The first competition of the day was the spelling bee, in which the children were asked to write down the spelling of the word announced. <br /><br />There were many participants for the other events as well. <br /><br />“I have worked hard for the elocution contest and prepared two poems. I know the competition is going to be tough but I hope that I am able to bag one of the top slots,” said Shruti, a participant from Army Public School. The panelists belonged to different fields so as to give unbiased judgment for all the competitions. <br /><br />“A lot of hard work and practice has gone into this programme. We are a group of ten participants from our school and all of us are participating in different competitions. I am participating in the spelling bee. I always watched it on the television and it is very exciting to participate in a national-level spelling bee,” said Vishal, a participant. <br /><br />The two-day event saw the children interacting with each other and making friends from different schools.<br /></p>
<p>The students of more than 90 schools from many states of the country participated in the two-day literary event ‘Presidency Challenge Cup’, organised by the Presidency Group of Institutions. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The students took part in events like ‘Spelling Bee’, ‘Debate’, ‘Elocution’ and ‘Quiz’. Schools like Sree Kumaran Public School, Bangalore; Navrachna School, Vadodara; Chinmaya International School, Coimbatore; Mahatma Montessori Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madurai; Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Cochin and other participated in the competition. <br /><br />The programme began with an inspiring speech from G Thangadurai, the director of Presidency Group of Institutions.<br /><br />“Public speaking is an art and can be nurtured only if one has the passion for it. I was a back-bencher and never got the opportunity to participate in any of the school events.<br /><br />But one of my teachers inspired me to come up and since then, there was no looking back. I participated in quizzes, debates, dance competitions and sports. Students need to have a strong passion and patience to groom themselves,” he said.<br /><br />Javagal Srinath, who was the chief guest, was equally inspiring and was greeted with a huge round of applause when he went up on stage. “I feel that children today are very talented and I don’t think that they should be pushed and pressurised to be in the top slot all the time. Their preparation and hard work makes all of them winners,” he added.<br /><br />The first competition of the day was the spelling bee, in which the children were asked to write down the spelling of the word announced. <br /><br />There were many participants for the other events as well. <br /><br />“I have worked hard for the elocution contest and prepared two poems. I know the competition is going to be tough but I hope that I am able to bag one of the top slots,” said Shruti, a participant from Army Public School. The panelists belonged to different fields so as to give unbiased judgment for all the competitions. <br /><br />“A lot of hard work and practice has gone into this programme. We are a group of ten participants from our school and all of us are participating in different competitions. I am participating in the spelling bee. I always watched it on the television and it is very exciting to participate in a national-level spelling bee,” said Vishal, a participant. <br /><br />The two-day event saw the children interacting with each other and making friends from different schools.<br /></p>
