State-level quiz competition amazes with aim to engage every college student!

Bearing the unique idea to involve every college student in a quiz competition, Q-You!, a quizzing entity of a Bangalore-based firm, 24-hours Inspired, has initiated, “A-Maze 2011”, an state-level intra and inter-college quiz competition in Sikkim.
In the written preliminary round of the intra-college quiz competition, every student of the college can take part with a partner with the top-four pairs short-listed for the final round and the top-pair receiving the chance to represent their respective college in the inter-college round.
The event, which is also supported by the Sikkim Youth Welfare Association, started from Himalayan Pharmacy College at Majhitar on 12 March and has already covered Harkamaya College, Damber Singh Collage, Institute of Hotel Management and Sikkim University.
The organisers have targeted a total of 14 colleges, of which they have already received confirmation from 10 colleges.
The semi-finals and finals of the inter-college quiz competition will be held on 26 March at the Sikkim Government College auditorium here.
Chief Learning Officer, 24-Hours Inspired, Diwakar Basnet, explains that quizzing is a medium of passing knowledge, insisting that this process “should be democratic by providing equal chance to every student.”
He added that only “intelligent students” received a chance to take part in quiz competitions, leaving the rest nearly 95% of the students ignored.
“So we have decided to involve each and every students in the quiz competition to encourage them by providing such platform,” he said.
It is informed that 24-Hours Inspired was started by Mr. Basnet, who hails from Namcheybong, in June last year and has already conducted quiz competitions in various college festivals in Bangalore, Delhi, Mangalore and Goa.
Mr. Basnet informs that this is the first endeavour of the company in Sikkim and assures they will continue their engagement here.
President SYWA, Robin Rai, mentioned that being a very important event related to the education sector, his association has come forward to support it.
He stated that the state government has been doing its best to bring quality education in the state and it is the responsibility of every organisation and people to give their contribution to support the government movement.