Tadong School wins East District Russ Quiz 2014

GANGTOK, 23 Apr: “Russ Quiz 2014” kicked off to a grand start at the Modern School Auditorium with 25 schools from East district battling it out to become the District level champions of the quiz competition. The quiz is especially for middle school students of the state.

A press release informs that the East District Russ Quiz 2014 competition was won by students from Tadong Senior Secondary School followed by Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary bagging the second prize and Bahai School, Saramsa bagging the third prize in a closely fought contest.

The joint fourth were Holy Cross School, Tadong and Daffodils Home. Rangpo Secondary School bagged the fifth position in the district level competition.

Russ Quiz competition is based on the “inclusive competition” format conceived and designed by 24hours Inspired, the release mentions. Schools instead of just “selecting” and sending students had been requested to take a 15 questions prelims for “all” the students of the middle school.

This gave all students a chance to participate and a level playing field when it comes to competition, it further adds.

The quiz will travel to Gyalshing next for the West District competitions scheduled to be held on the 26 of April. The state level competition is slated to be held on 10 May 2014.