6 DPS Bokaro students qualify for national level VVM 2019

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Bokaro ( Jharkhand) : Exhibiting exceptional scientific acumen, 12 students from Jharkhand including 6 students of DPS Bokaro qualified from the state for the National Level Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) 2019, a national programme for educating and popularising science jointly organised by Vijnana Bharati, NCERT and Vigyan Prasar.

Of the rest 6 students of the state who qualified for the nationals, 2 students are from DAV Hazaribagh and one each from DPS Dhanbad, GGPS Dhanbad, JNV Ranchi and Devi DAV Public School Deoghar.

A total of 130 students from 24 districts have taken this tough test of which 18 finally made to the finals of which only those getting 1^st and 2^nd rank are eligible for participating in the national finals to be held at Hyderbad in May 2019.

From DPS, Rupesh Kumar of Class VI, Khushi Bharti of Class VIII, Anshu Priya of Class IX and Aruno Khushgra of Class XI  topped the state with State Rank I.  Agrima Prasad of Class VI and Deepnashu Kumar of Class X bagged State Rank 2 while Aditya Ratna Jha of Class VI, Bhavya Singh of Class VII, Aditi Shikha of Class VIII and Harshit Mania of Class X secured State Rank third at the exam. The national qualifiers have been awarded cash prize, a trophy, certificate and a medal.

VVM examination includes Written Test, Observational Analysis of Video Clips, Situation Problem Solving and Hands on Activities.

Dr Hemlata S Mohan, Director & Principal of DPS Bokaro, expressed her happiness and said that more students should participate in such activities that promote scientific temperament.