
Gurutsav 2014
The Ministry, therefore, announces an Essay Writing
Competition, and invites entries from the students to share inspiring stories
about their teachers. This Competition will be conducted on 1st September 2014.
The entries are invited in English and all the 22 Scheduled Languages.
(Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam,
Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu,
Urdu, Bodo, Santhali, Maithali and Dogri). A practice round will be conducted on
29th & 30th August to acquaint participants with the process. The competition
round will be held on the 1st September, 2014. Winners will be announced on the
3rd September 2014 and felicitated on 5th September 2014 at Delhi.
There will be three categories i.e. for Classes I-V, VI-VIII
and IX-XII. The categories will represent girls, boys and differently abled
girls and boys. In all, four winners will be chosen from each state/UT. Each of
the best entries will get a chance to win a prize of Rs. 5,000.
Classes I-V & Visually impaired
For classes I-V and for visually impaired students, a 2 minute audio/video
recording may be sent either by email or by uploading on mobile within an hour
of announcement of the Essay topic.