The Dailystar-Robi English Fair
<i>Creative events, joyful day for kids of 11 more schools</i>
L-R: Students respond positively to a question during an event at the English language fair held at Mobarak Ali High School auditorium in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah yesterday. Two students of Narsingdi Government Girls' High School take part in a role play at the fair held at the school auditorium yesterday. Prize-winning students pose for photograph at the end of the English language fair at Kurigram Government High School auditorium yesterday.Photo: STAR
Students of 11 more schools in Kurigram, Joypurhat, Jhenidah, Habiganj and Narsingdi districts yesterday spent an eventful day as they took part in 'English language fairs held under English in Schools (EIS) programme, a joint initiative of The Daily Star and mobile operator Robi. Adcomm Ltd is the creative and event partner of the fairs. Over 150 students of Kurigram Government Boys' High School and Kurigram Government Girls' High School joined the fair held at the boys' high school auditorium in the morning, reports our correspondent. Farida Yasmin, headmaster of Kurigramj Government Boys' High School, inaugurated the fair at around 10:30am. Following screening of The Lion King, a globally renowned movie, the students of the two schools participated in spot quiz, vocabulary test and situation based question answer-all based on movie. Selected students took part in extempore speech on different topics and role play. Headmaster Farida Yasmin distributed prizes among the winners of different competitions at the end of the programme. In Joypurhat, at least 200 students of Kalai Girls' High School, Punot Girls' High School and Kalai MU High School in Kalai upazila of the district participated in joyful activities at the English language fair held at Kalai Girls' High school auditorium. After watching The Loin King, students of the three schools took part in spot quiz, vocabulary test and situation based question answer-all based on movie. Selected students took part in extempore speech and role play, according to our Dinajpur correspondent. Our Jhenidah correspondent reported that over 180 students from Mobarak Ali High School and Gopalpur High School in Kaliganj upazila of the district joined the fair held at Mobarak Ali High School in the morning. Md Liakat Ali, headmaster of the school, inaugurated the fair at around 11:00am. Robi Area Manager Raihan Kabir, teachers of the two institutions and guardians of the students were present. Following screening of The Lion King, the students participated in spot quiz vocabulary test, questions and answers, one word question, situation based question, extempore speech and role play. They also entertained the audience by reciting poems, telling jokes and singing songs. Prizes were distributed among the winners of different competitions at the end of the programme. Our staff correspondent from Sylhet adds: Around 200 students of Habiganj Girls' High school and BKGC Government Girls' high School eagerly took part at the English language fair in the morning. Fatema Begum, headmaster of BKGC Government Girls' High School, inaugurated the fair at the school auditorium at around 11:00am. After watching the globally renowned movie, The Lion King, students participated in different events. Selected students took part in extempore speech on different topics and role play. Prizes were distributed among the winners of different competitions at the end of the programme. Students of Narsingdi Government Girls' High School and Narsingdi Pilot High School and joined the English language fair held at the girls' school auditorium at noon, according to a correspondent Goutam Chandra Mitra, headmaster of Narsingdi Government Girls' High School, opened the fair. Teachers of the two institutions and guardians of the students were present. Following screening of The Lion King, students participated in spot quiz vocabulary test, questions and answers, one word question and situation based questionall based on the movie. Selected students took p part in extempore speech and role play. Robi official Md Konak Khan conducted the programme. Students entertained the audience by reciting poems, telling jokes and singing songs. 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.
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