All India Essay Competition for Students of KVS in Collaboration with XPD Division, Ministry of External Affairs
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REVISED TOPICS-
(LANGUAGE ENGLISH AND HINDI )
1. India's Soft Power (e.g. Role of Culture, IT Industry, Bollywood, Tourism etc.
2. International Day of Yoga
3. India & United Nations
4. India & Her Neighbours
5. Climate Change - an Indian view
6. Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in Contemporary Word
7. India-Africa Ties — Partnership for future
GUIDELINES
• The Competition will be assessed at three levels: i) School level ii)
Regional level iii) National Level
• Students may select any one Topic from the 07 topics sent earlier to
schools
• The student can submit the essay in either English or Hindi; it should be
typed neatly and should not exceed 3000 words.
• Principals to ensure that prior to writing of essay by students, topics are
discussed and deliberated upon in senior Classes with the help of
teachers and awareness and understanding about international and
global issues is generated among the students.
• The schools if need be can take the help of some eminent Professors
/Educationist by inviting them to address the students on these issues
• While conducting the school level activities- Classroom presentations,
Declamation, Extemporary and Debate, schools should do live recording
of the events with still photography also and compile the best clips in a
CD to be sent along the best three entries from their school to their
respective ROs
• The identified students should be guided by teachers and all resources
be made available to them for preparing the content. (may not be the
same student who has excelled in the above mentioned activities)
• The Principals should get the assessment done by forming a committee
comprising of Language teachers & experts on the subject from
outside.
• The schools should document all records of assessments and maintain
high level of Transparency.
• The best three entries should reach the concerned Regional office on
the dates specified(6th November,2015)(adhering to the time line is
mandatory)
• The Regional offices should get the essays assessed by forming a
committee at the Regional level comprising of: 01 Principal (English),01
Principal (Hindi), 02 PGTs(English),02 PGTs (Hindi) and 01 Expert from
outside.
• The best three entries graded as I, II and III with marks division(Scanned
copy) should be sent to KVS Delhi Region by 14thNovember, 2015
followed by hard copy by post.
• The schools must send a scanned copy of the passport size photograph
of the students along with their essays. The original should be sent along
the hard copy of the essays.
• The best three entries from each region will be awarded prizes
consisting of books. The XPD Division,MEA will dispatch the books
directly to the Regional Offices
• The Principals/Region may get the confirmed railway reservations in AC
III Tier for the student whose entry has been graded as the best from
the Region along with a teacher escort by le November, 2015 for the
felicitation programme in Delhi from 7
th December to 9th December,
2015. The participants along with the teacher escort must report to
Delhi by 7thDecember, 2015 by 8.00 AM.
• The amount on train tickets for selected participant (1) and escort
teacher will be reimbursed by MEA through KVS HQ.
• The boarding and lodging of participants and the escort teachers will be
done by MEA.
• The 25 students (one each) from all Regions will get an opportunity to
interact with the Senior Govt. Dignitaries and will visit places of historical
importance in Delhi.
• The children whose entries will be adjudged 1 st, 2'd and 3 rd among 25
essays will be given an opportunity to present their views on the topic
during the felicitation programme.
• The authorities must ensure that participants must involve themselves in
the process for original work.
• Return journey may be planned on 9thDecember, 2015 after 5.00 PM
only.
• The details of participation should also be sent in the following format.
TIME LINE
School Level
• Announcement / Display of Revised Topics for the Essay writing Competition and school
level Inter House Competition
18thOctober'15
3 rd . November'15
6thNovember'15
Regional Level
9thNovember' 15
14thNovember' 15
20thNovember'15
26thNovember' 15
09 December' 15
: Class Discussion and Deliberation on topics, project Files may be
prepared on different topi
: Declamation, Symposium & Debate (on Topics for Essay competition)
: Submission of Essays by students followed by assessment at school level
: Submission of three best entries to respective Regional Office
: Assessment of essays at regional level
: Three best entries (English/Hindi) should reach KVS (DR)
: Final Assessment & Grading of the 75 Essays received from 25 Regional
Offices
: Declaration of Result (Best three entries)
: Felicitation of students at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan by MEA.
Rubrics for Assessment of the Essays
Total Marks: 50
Word Limit:-3000
Use :A 4size paper
Font:-Times Roman,
Size :14
Focus/Main Point: The essay should be focused, purposeful and reflects original insight and
ideas. (10)
Support: The essay should be persuasive and supports main points with well developed
Reasons/examples. (10)
Organization & Format: Effective organization of ideas which builds up a logical, coherent
argument. (10)
Language Use & style: Sentence structure, word choice and creative use of elements of style
to enhance meaning (10)
Conventions: Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation throughout with very few errors.(10).
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