In a bid to make the students studying in Government schools of the State skilled and capable for the competitive examinations, Haryana Government has prepared a quiz bank.

Facts :

• The quiz bank is released on the August 14 by Additional Chief Secretary, School Education Department PK Das while presiding over a meeting with representatives of various institutions at Shiksha Sadan in Panchkula.
• About 10,000 questions have been included in the quiz bank, which have been prepared for the students of class third to tenth.
• Assistance of Sidharth Basu, producer of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ and other renowned institutions had been sought while preparing this quiz bank. This quiz bank is the result of hard work of six months put in by a team comprising about 100 people of Education Department.
• Quiz contests would be organised in the Government schools on every Saturday in which the class teachers would also participate as contestant. For this, some teachers were being imparted training as quiz trainers.
• The quiz contests would be organised from inter-class to State level. Video recording of students participating in the State level competition would be made and it would also be telecasted.
• The State Government in collaboration with the corporate institutions would not only ensure the skill development of students but also make available necessary infrastructure in schools.
• Under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, the State Government aims to provide quality education and better facilities in the government schools.
• Under this programme, the corporate institutions would undertake wide range of activities from skill development of students to providing basic facilities in schools at their own cost.
• It also included setting up of science labs in schools, providing sports equipments, arrangement of Reverse Osmosis (RO) system for providing clean drinking water, coaching facilities for students and providing assistance in other projects.
• 29 renowned institutions including Shriram Foundation and Bharti Foundation are working in collaboration with the Education Department.
• On language learning skills of students, it would be ensured that students from Class I to V of Government schools make maximum use of English while interacting with each other like the convent schools. For this, students in each class would be made to learn atleast 200 sentences of English.
• This way, a student would be able to recite about 1000 sentence of English till he reaches Class V.
• The aim of the Education department is to make the students proficient in English speaking besides improving their vocabulary.