‘When the whole world is silent Even one voice becomes powerful’ IH EXTEMPORE COMPETITION At TJIS, Kanpur On Friday April 12, 2019
‘When the whole world is silent
Even one voice becomes powerful’
IH EXTEMPORE COMPETITION
At TJIS, Kanpur
On Friday April 12, 2019
Extempore is the art of public speaking that is carried out without preparation or forethought. It puts to test one’s ability to think on the spot and also their spontaneity. Extempore is one such method which assists the students not only in thinking on their own but also in voicing their creative ideas with precision. To imbibe a true spirit of and to enhance the communication skills in them, an Inter House Extempore Competition, was held at The Jain International School on Friday, April 12, 2019 for Groups B and C i.e. for classes VI to XII.
The speakers were the students from the classes 6th to 12th. They were asked to pick up chits for the topics prior to the event. The topics in the competition were associated with varied subjects such as current issues, spoken English, Science, Social Studies, Technology, Personal Experiences, etc. Each participant got one minute to think over the topic. The first warning bell indicated the end of this first minute. All the participants got another one minute to speak on the given topic only in English. The second warning bell indicated the end of time. The time keepers for the competition were Aryan Sehotia and Saumya Shukla of Class 10th A.
The judges Mr. M.K. Panda, Principal, Headmistress Little Champs Ms. Rekha Singh and Headmistress Senior School Ms. Deepa Singh, judged the contestants on the basis of content, relevance to the topic, confidence, clarity of speech, time management, use of language and grammar, presence of mind and body language.
The Competition commenced with the Good Wishes to all the contestants by Respected Principal Mr. M. K. Panda. The event was hosted by Green Leopards and the anchors were Gunjan Saxena and Vishnu Jaiswal.
The event concluded with the announcement of results and blessings showered by Principal sir.
The result of the competition was:
IH EXTEMPORE COMPETITION |
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GROUP B |
GROUP C |
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POSITION |
NAME |
CLASS |
HOUSE |
NAME |
CLASS |
HOUSE |
1st |
Kratika Singh Yukti Jaiswar |
7th A 8th |
Yellow Tigers |
Tanishtha Roy |
12th S |
Red Jaguars |
2nd |
Kritika Verma |
7th A |
Yellow Tigers |
Ayushi Yadav |
9th A |
Red Jaguars |
3rd |
Saumya Singh |
7th B |
Green Leopards |
Apeksha Patel |
9th A |
Yellow Tigers |
This competition was intended to give an opportunity to the students to shake off their diffidence and to build up their self-confidence