CCpur literary meet ends in style
Source: The Sangai Express / S Singlianmang Guite

Lamka, October 22 2010: The first ever literary competition i that witnessed participation of over two-thousand students coming from ninety educational institutions ended here on a highnote receiving a distinctive admiration from students, district level officers, social leaders and politicians.

The competition that was initiated about a month back on the block level was organized by the district administration in collaboration with the zonal education officer.

Its culmination, dubbed as district level literary competition, began yesterday at the Churachandpur College premises and winded up today with a prize distribution and valediction ceremony.

Ministers T Phungzathang and TN Haokip inspecting the science models presented by students

T Phungzathang and TN Haokip, the two local Ministers have brave CoPTAM's social boycott of representatives from the hills to attend the ceremony, which was attended as well by the State's Education Commissioner Vivek Kumar Dewagan, Chairman of ADC Churachandpur Langkhanpau Guite, a sizeable number of MDCs and other top district officials.

Competition organizers have sponsored the entire trip of students, who top the block level competition to ensure their participation in the district level competition that began yesterday, said Jacintha Lazarus, the Deputy Commissioner.

According to her, 32 schools and four-hundred-and-fifty students have participated in the district level event on two sections � schools and colleges.

Choreography, Skits, Rhyme, Recitation, Elocution, Debate, Painting and Science model making are the fields of competition.

Talking about the event, she said it was intended to extract the wide-ranging talents in the district.

'We have the best talents in Manipur and we proclaim it proudly,' she said as a matter of fact.

Rayburn High School was adjudged the overall champion in the school section, and Vision Academy in the College section.