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<i>Students of 3 more schools learn amid fun and games</i>
L-R: Prize winners at the English Language Fair held at Nandigram Pilot High School in Bogra yesterday rejoice at their success. Winners of different events at Debhata BBMP Sobhan High School in Debhata upazila under Satkhira district pose for photograph with their teachers yesterday. Photo: STAR
Students of three schools in Netrakona, Satkhira and Bogra districts engaged in joyful interactions yesterday as they took part in English language fairs held under English in Schools programme, a joint initiative of The Daily Star and mobile operator Robi. Adcom Ltd is the creative and event partner of the English language fairs. Around 300 students of Kalmakanda Pilot High School under Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona district joined the fair held at the school auditorium, according to our correspondent. Iftekhar Ahmad, senior teacher of the school, inaugurated the fair at around 1:30pm. The programme included the screening of globally renowned movie The Lion King, 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. Iftekhar Ahmad distributed prizes among 18 winners of different events at the end of the programme. In Satkhira, over 100 students of Debhata BBMP Sobhan High School in Debhata upazila joined the English language fair, reports our correspondent. Madan Mohon Pal, headmaster of the school, inaugurated the fair at at the school auditorium at around 2:00pm. Appreciating the move taken by The Daily Star and mobile operator Robi for holding the EIS programme to improve English language skills of students, Madan Mohon Pal in his inaugural speech urged authorities of The Daily Star and mobile operator Robi for organising such programmes every year to inspire students to enrich their knowledge of English. The programme began with the screening of globally renowned movie The Lion King, followed by students' participation in spot quiz, vocabulary test, one-word question and quick questions -- all based on the movie. Selected students took part in extempore speech on different topics and role-play. Eighteen students won different competitions as per judgement of a panel of three teachers. Headmaster Madan Mohon Pal, English teacher Goura Chandra Pal, and Robi representative Solaiman Haque Milon distributed prizes among the winners at the end of the programme. Our staff correspondent from Bogra reported that an English language fair was held at Nandigram Pilot High School auditorium in Bogra yesterday Md Shafiuddin, headmaster of the school, opened the fair at 1:00pm Over 200 students joined the fair. The programme began with the screening of movie The Lion King, 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. Md Kazi Rashed of Adcom Ltd conducted the programme. Headmaster Shafiuddin and senior teachers Md Shariful Islam and Md Nurul Islam were the judges. Thirteen students won different competitions. Prizes were distributed among the winners at the end of the programme. Aiming to promote English language learning among school students across the country, The Daily Star in cooperation with Robi undertook English in Schools programme in 2009. Under the initiative, each of one thousand schools selected from 64 districts of the country receives three complimentary copies of The Daily Star five days a week. The ongoing English language fairs at different schools across the country are being held in coordination with the education ministry as part of the three-year-long programme.
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