Nagaland Board of School Education has informed that the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), under the aegis of ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, various literary and cultural events are conducted for school students.
According to DIPR report, for the current year, a nationwide painting competition in 2 categories have been proposed, Essay competition in 23 languages and a quiz competition commencing from August 16 for a period of two months. The incentive awards for the competition have been made very attractive, in the form of cash prizes, laptops, including a study tour to Japan. The competitions aim to raise awareness among the youth about practical conservation tips for the conservation of petroleum products in industrial, transportation, agriculture and domestic sectors, and how to practice such conservation in their daily lives.
Students can present their ideas and messages for conserving petroleum products and reducing emissions in English, Hindi or regional languages. The four competitions are essay, painting, quiz for selecting school per district, state and zonal teams. Zonal teams shall participate for national finals. Individual quiz for achieving bronze, silver or gold level. To achieve the objective of reaching one crore children, PCRA developed Web-portal www.pcraconipetitions.org and mobile application pera-competitions.
All heads of registered institutions have been requested to disseminate the information and encourage interested children to participate in the competition. For any further queries on the subject, the schools may contact PCRA’s Help Desk on phone nos. 011-26715360, email: contact@peracompetitions.org.