96 teams fight it out at Ahmedabad IGNITE

Ahmedabad students proved their general knowledge quotient at IGNITE 2011, a multi-city, inter-school quiz contest organised by IGNOU’s Ahmedabad Regional Centre on February 9. Over 96 teams representing various city schools participated in the quiz, held at the Bhaikaka Auditorium in Ahmedabad.

A.R. Sai Anirudh and Shubham Sanjay Panchal of Kendriya Vidhyalaya won the contest, while Saagar Takhi and Yash Jain of Zydus School of Excellence were the runners-up at the event, hosted by Quiz Master Kunal Savarkar.

Addressing the students, Chief Guest Dr A.K. Singh, Convener of the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat and former Vice Chancellor, Ambedkar Open University, said, “IGNOU is promoting school education where stress is being given to enhance teacher training in schools.”

Dr Avani Trivedi, In-charge of IGNOU’s Ahmedabad RC, said, “The idea behind hosting such events is to ignite students’ interest in higher education and make them aware of the Open and Distance Learning System.”

The quiz started with a written elimination round of 20 questions in which all the students present in the hall were asked to participate. Out of these, six teams were selected for the next and final round. All the teams had been asked to give themselves a team name. The final contest comprised of six rounds of questions, including one round on music and another on visuals.

A few questions were put to the audience and those who gave correct answers were also rewarded with prizes.

The winners got a trophy for their school, along with individual trophies, book vouchers and a gift hamper each, while the runners-up got individual trophies, book vouchers and a gift hamper.