Bhagalpur Sipped Four Ranks in INSPIRE Award | 09 Jan 2023

On January 8, 2023, Shiv Kumar, Additional Chief Program Coordinator of the Quality Treasury of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Bihar, said that Bhagalpur's ranking has come down this time in the INSPIRE Award, while in the last year Bhagalpur had secured the third rank in the state.

Coordinator Shiv Kumar said that this year 143 children of Bhagalpur district were selected, even after this Bhagalpur got the seventh rank in the state.
It is noteworthy that INSPIRE Awards are organized every year with the aim of motivating the children of government schools in the state to innovate.
To participate in the INSPIRE Award competition, children have to register online. In this award scheme, any student can send new and creative ideas. Ideas re selected on the basis of innovation, practicality, social utility, environmental adaptability and improvement from current technology.
1926 children from Bhagalpur district sent ideas to INSPIRE Award. In this, the ideas of 143 children have been selected for the first phase of INSPIRE Award. The selected children will now be given Ten thousand rupees each by the Department of Science and Technology to create models based on ideas.
Fourteen students from seven schools under the guidance of Natkhat Science Lab in the state have been selected for the first phase of INSPIRE Award. These include Utkrit High School Khaira Bhagalpur, Bhawani Kanya Middle School Khanjarpur, Middle School Rampur, Urdu Middle School Champanagar, Madanlal Kanya Middle School Bhagalpur, Middle School Nathnagar Number One etc.