The four-day event would see girls and boys
from class 6 to 8 compete in 14 events, including races, high jump,
long jump, kabaddi and volleyball.
However,
the visual delight of the event would be the karate drill performance
of nearly 2,300 young girls of the state at the finale. "The theme of
the event is 'women empowerment'. We have trained girls of 230 Kasturba
Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas in different districts over the past couple of
months and the best 10 from each would display their expertise on March
21," said Rahul Singh, director, Bihar
Education Project Council (BEPC). These girls would also be given
intensive training for a month, so that they can impart karate training
to more students in their localities.
The event would be inaugurated by education minister P K Shahi at Patliputra Sports complex on Monday evening.
The state-level championship is being organized by BEPC for the first
time, and plans to make it an annual feature, depending on the response
to the event. "We earlier held inter school block-level and
district-level competitions, from which a team of 56 students comprising
26 boys and 26 girls from each of the 38 districts were selected to
participate in the event," said Singh, adding, "These students were also
given three-day training to familiarize them with the technicalities of
the games. Till now, no state-level event has been organized in such a
structured manner."
The event also aims to attract more
students to school through sports events. "The students have all been
given uniforms etc to participate at the event. All arrangements have
been made for their comfortable stay here," said Singh. The games would
be held at Patliputra Sports complex, Kankarbagh, and Moinul Haq
Stadium, Rajendra Nagar. Volleyball training is also underway at
thousands of schools in the state.
A special logo, "Tarang",
has been designed for the event that depicts two kids in a running
posture. While the inaugural day would see some fireworks' display,
almost 300 members of an art group would put up a programme on the final
day. The final day is also expected to be graced by sportspersons Saurav Ganguly and Milkha Singh and actor Farhan Akhtar.
Bihar Diwas stall
The BEPC council would be putting up an activity-based pavilion at
Gandhi Maidan during Bihar Diwas celebrations in the state, said Rahul
Singh, director, BEPC. The stall would be inaugurated on March 22
morning and would be like a play zone for students. "It would have touch
screens displaying different things, knowledge tree with lots of facts,
astrozone, planetary models, sun dials, black boards etc for the
students to play and learn. Unlike earlier years, when we used to put up
a stall with only a stage for debate and discussions, we have tried to
make our exhibition area attractive for students," Singh said.
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