New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) conducts a quiz contest namely “Ignite 2010”, for school students. The next quiz contest is in Kolkata on May 3, 2010, which will be followed up with one in Guwahati on May 5, 2010. Mumbai and Bengaluru are two other cities where IGNITE 2010 will be organized after the summer break. The contest is aimed at creating awareness about IGNOU and its wide range of academic programmes.
Over 80 teams of two members each representing all the major schools of the region vied for the IGNITE 2010 trophy. Slumdog Billionaires from New Era Public School emerged as winners and Village Idiots from DPS RK Puram as the runners up in the first ever multi-city inter-school quiz contest namely, Ignite 2010.
IGNOU invited brightest minds from schools across NCR to compete in this event to win laurels for their schools and recognition & fantastic prizes for themselves. There was a written elimination round comprising of 20 questions, where the participation of all the participating students was mandatory. In addition, an exhibition and a flash presentation was also organized to make the children aware of various courses being offered by IGNOU.
