Gate Way 2008
School students participating in a drawing competition at ‘Gate Way 2008’, an inter-school national level meet at CODISSIA Trade fair complex in Coimbatore on Saturday. More than 66,000 children from over 14 States thronged the Codissia Trade Fair Complex here on Saturday. They were participating in ‘Clinic Plus Gateway 2008,’ an inter-school competition for school students conducted by Elite Circle. The event had competitions for students from LKG to Standard XII. They included drawing, essay writing in English and Tamil, caption writing, story writing, talent hunt, slogan writing and group dance. The topics were given by the organisers and the focus of the year’s event is “India at her best in 2020,” said K. Pradeep Kumar, founder of the Elite Charitable Trust. “Only if students are given an opportunity to display their talents will they be able to prove themselves in a competitive environment such as the one we are living in now,” he added. Held for the ninth consecutive year, the competition would give away about 7,000 prizes.The first prize would be a cash award of Rs.5 lakh. The first prize winner would also be given a 100 per cent scholarship.
The second and third prize winners would get 50 and 25 per cent scholarships, Mr. Pradeep Kumar said. About 50 schools at the national-level would be eligible for gold medals, 100 for silver and 50 for bronze medals. The deserving schools would be selected on the basis of their performance in the past years’ competitions. According to Mr. Pradeep Kumar, the organisation holds four Limca Book of World records and three Guinness Book records.
