The Daily Star-Robi English Fair
<i>Students from 7 more schools participate</i>
L-R: Students of Feni Government Pilot High School raise hands to respond to a question during the English language fair held at the school auditorium yesterday. Two students take part in a 'role play' during the English language fair held at Lalmonirhat Government Girls' High School yesterday.Photo: STAR
Students of seven schools in Lalmonirhat, Jessore, Narayanganj, Feni and Chandpur districts yesterday took part in English language fairs held under English in Schools programme, a joint initiative of The Daily Star and mobile operator Robi. Over 200 students from Lalmonirhat Government Girls' High School, Kobi Shaikh Fazlul Karim Girls' High School and Church Ov God High School took part in the fair held Lalmonirhat Government Girls' High School auditorium\, reports our correspondent. Abdur Rafi, an English teacher of the school, inaugurated the fair. Globally famous movie The Lion King was screened, followed by quizzes on vocabulary, situation-based questions, extempore speeches and role play. The students of the three high schools took part in joyful interactions and entertained the audience by reciting poems, telling jokes and singing songs. Later, prizes were distributed among the winners of different competitions. An English language club was also formed. Our Benapole correspondent reported that around 300 students of Sharsha Girls' High School in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district participated in English language fair yesterday. Mohamamd Nuruzaman, headmaster of the school, opened the fair at the school auditorium at around 10:00am. The headmaster in his inaugural speech said is matter of pride and pleasure for us that The Daily Star and Robi have jointly organised English in Schools programme in the upazila. Globally renowned movie The Lion King was screened, followed by quizzes on vocabulary, situation-based question-answer, extempore speech and role play. Twelve students won different competitions. Headmaster Nuruzaman and English teacher Zakir Hossain of the school were the judges. Headmaster Mohammad Nuruzaman and Area Manager of Robi Moshiur Rahman distributed prizes among the winners at the end of the programme. In Narayanganj, the English language fair was held on the premises of Narayanganj School and College in the city, says our correspondent. Principal Kamol Kanti Saha inaugurated the fair at 10:00am. Over 200 students of the institution took part in the fair. Prizes were distributed among the winners of different events. Robi official Abdul Hye Bhuiyan was present. Students of Feni Government Pilot High School participated in the English language fair held at the school auditorium yesterday, according a correspondent. Headmistress Hosne Ara Begum opened the fair. Globally famous movie The Lion King was screened, followed by quizzes on vocabulary, situation-based questions, extempore speeches and role play. Eighteen students won different competitions. Prizes were distributed among the winners at the end of the programme. About 100 students of Chandpur Puran Bazar Girls' High School joined the fair held at the school auditorium yesterday. Globally renowned movie The Lion King was screened, followed by quizzes on vocabulary, situation-based question-answer, extempore speech and role play. Students of the school took part in joyful interactions and watched the events based on the movie. They also entertained the audience by reciting poems, telling jokes and singing songs. 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 are being held in coordination with the education ministry as part of the three-year-long programme. Adcom Ltd is the creative and event partner of English language fairs.
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