English Language Fair at Schools
<i>Interesting events, wonderful day</i>
Three more schools take part
Top-Bottom: Shahnaz Parveen, headmistress of Bhola Government Girls' High School, addresses the young learners of the school prior to opening the English language fair at the school auditorium yesterday. Prize winning students of Phulpur Pilot High School in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh with their teachers after the English language fair was held at the school yesterday.Photo: STAR
School kids in Mymensingh, Rangamati and Bhola spent an eventful day through participating in joyful activities to develop language skills as they took part in English language fairs at three schools in the districts yesterday. Under English in Schools (EIS) programme, The Daily Star and mobile operator Robi jointly organised the fairs in coordination with the education ministry to encourage development of English language proficiency among secondary school students. Adcomm Ltd is the creative and event partner of the fair. Students of Phulpur Pilot High School in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh, Betbunia High School in Rangamati, and Government Girls' High School at Bhola joined the fairs at their school auditoriums, reports our correspondents. Each of the fair venues saw screening of Lion King, a globally renowned movie, followed by students' participation in spot quiz, vocabulary test, one word question and quick questions---all based on the movie. Selected students also took part in extempore speech on different topics and role-play. In Mymensingh, more than 100 students of Phulpur Pilot High School, their teachers and family members took part in the festival titled “Safalyo Ashbei” (success is a must) at the school auditorium. Phulpur Pilot High School teachers Abu Raihan Talukder, Nasreen Akhter Khatun and Emdadul Hoque spoke at a discussion held at the venue. This wonderful event has encouraged school students to learn English in a different and interesting way, the speakers said at the discussion. Prizes were distributed among the winners of different events at the end of the programme. In Rangamati, some 100 students of Betbunia High School participated in the fair at the school auditorium. Khorshed Alam, headmaster of the school inaugurated the fair as chief guest at 12:00 noon. Asif Haider, coordinator of the fair, was present. The area manager of Robi distributed prizes among the winners of different events at the end of the programme. Mokhterul Islam and Usha Rani Barua, english teachers of Betbunia High School, were the judges. Our Barisal correspondent reported that over 100 students of Govt Girls School at Bhola took part in quiz and other activities at the fair at their school auditorium. Shahnaz Parveen, headmistress of the school, attended the programme as the chief guest. Adcomm representatives Imran Hossain and Rashif Rahman were present. The students also entertained the audience by reciting poem, telling jokes and singing songs. They also formed an English language club. The three-year EIS programme, initiated two years ago to promote English learning in secondary schools, covers seven lakh students in one thousand schools, including 317 government and 683 non-government ones, across the country. Under the initiative, three complimentary copies of The Daily Star, with a special page on English lessons prepared by the Centre for Languages of Brac University and coordinated by the Ministry of Education, are given to each of one thousand schools five days a week.
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