Hundreds of students participate in handwriting contest

February 01, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 10:23 am IST - KOCHI:

Winners of the regional round of The Hindu In School Cello HandwritingWizards contest with the chief guest T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan, president, KeralaCBSE School Managements’ Association in Kochi on Saturday. Cello assistantproducts manager Neha Upasani is at extreme right. Photo: H. Vibhu

Winners of the regional round of The Hindu In School Cello HandwritingWizards contest with the chief guest T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan, president, KeralaCBSE School Managements’ Association in Kochi on Saturday. Cello assistantproducts manager Neha Upasani is at extreme right. Photo: H. Vibhu

Choosing the winners from the best can be a tough task.

It was the dilemma that a two-member judging panel faced as they came across “uniformly good scripts” at the regional city round of The Hindu In School Cello Handwriting Wizards contest held at the Women’s Association Hall on Saturday.

Following a painstaking adjudication taking into account even macro details like the space between words, the two-member jury adjudged Fathima S.P., Class VI student of Najath Public School, Kalamassery; and Aathira S. Bhat, Class VIII student of Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Girinagar, as winners in the junior and senior categories respectively.

Meenakshi B.S., Sixth Standard student of Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Eroor, and Naveena T.S., Seventh Standard student of Lemer Public School, Triprayar, emerged the first and second runners-up in the junior category. Saoua M. Siddiq, Standard Nine student of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Irinjalakuda, and Sruthi S., Standard 10 student of Gregorian Public School, Maradu, bagged the second and third prizes in the senior category. The winners walked away with prizes and certificates given by Cello and The Hindu .

Giving away the prizes, chief guest T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan, president of the Kerala CBSE School Managements’ Association, said handwriting was a reflection of the character and conduct of a person.

Echoing similar sentiments, both the winners said that they didn’t follow any special routine for improving their handwriting but was simply careful about how they wrote since that created an impression about their character and personality.

“We are overwhelmed by the response and are amazed at the sheer energy of the schools and the students. We are now looking at expanding this across the country. We are committed to supporting this initiative in line with Cello’s philosophy of recognising talent in the education sector,” said Permendra Singh, director of marketing, Cello.

N.K. Vijayan, Principal, Bharata Mata College of Commerce and Arts, Aluva, and one of the judges, said that he was amazed by the style, clarity, and involvement of the participants. Handwriting analyst K. Unnikrishna Menon said that 90 per cent of the scripts were good deserving 80 per cent marks. Close to 450 students short-listed by schools in Ernakulam, Kottayam, and Thrissur districts participated in the contest.

Participants in both junior and senior categories were given 30 minutes to copy using Cello pens on the topics of the rising tiger population in the country and 3D Printing respectively.

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