MARIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL
UNDER MARIA'S PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST
A Senior Secondary School affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education
20th MAH Literary Fest and the celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gyanmalini Kobi Mofizuddin Ahmed Hazarika
20th Mofizuddin Ahmed Hazarika Literary Fest and the celebration of the 150th Birth
Anniversary of the Gyanmalini Kobi
Maria’s Public School has been organising Mofizuddin Ahmed Hazarika Literary Fest since the year 2001 to commemorate the Gyanmalini Kobi who was born in the family of Bagh Hazarika on August 30 in the year 1870, and his extraordinary contribution to Assamese literature. The literary fest is aimed at putting an edge on the creative acumen of the children and to enhance their soft and language skills. It is organised in English and Assamese languages.
The year 2020 has proved to be a challenging time for all. But certain things cannot stop. So, as in the previous years, this year too, the school organised the annual Literary Fest on a virtual platform, as we believe that nothing should deter creativity and our endeavor to hone talent in our students.
Starting with the birth centenary year of the Gyanmalini Kobi, Maria’s Educational Trust has decided to confer the Mofizuddin Ahmed Hazarika Kavya Award on eminent poets for their outstanding literary work every year. Poet Dr Nilima Thakuria Hoque is the first recipient of the Kavya Award for her immense literary contribution towards Assamese poetry.
The literary fest included inter school competitions on Assamese Creative writing on 17th of August, 2020, Assamese Recitation on 18th of August, 2020, English Elocution on19th of August, English Creative Writing on 20th of August, 2020, Interschool Debate – War of Words – on 24th of August, 2020. An online workshop on creative writing was also held on August 21st and 22nd conducted by Reshma Shah, with an experience of about twenty years in the field of education, designing Workshops with the theme Creativity @Work to inculcate joy in teaching and learning. Students from the participating schools also took part in the workshop.
Intra school events such as Assamese recitation competition for Class 3, a workshop on elocution in Assamese for Class 4 and English elocution competitions for classes 4, 5 and 6 were also part of the literary fest.
Department of English
Maria’s Public School, Guwahati, Assam, India
Result of the inter and intra school competitions:
Inter-school:
1. ASSAMESE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION – August 17, 2020
1st – Pradhiman Bora (Class 9) – Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti
2nd – Shraddha Borthakur (class 9) – Maria’s Public School
Apratim Laskar (class 9) – Sarala Birla Gyanjyoti
3rd – Hrishikesh Mishra (class 9) – South Point School
Mayusha Kashyap (class 10) – Shrimanta Shankar Academy
2. ASSAMESE RECITATION COMPETITION – August 18, 2020
Group A
1st – Anshruta Atri (Class 5) – Shrimanta Shankar Academy
2nd – Adeena Farid (Class 6) – Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti
3rd – Saranya Tahbildar (Class 6) – Maria’s Public School
Ayan Ali (Class 7) – Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti
Group B
1st – Pratiti Sharma (Class 9) – Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri
2nd – Shreyashi Mahanta (Class 9) – Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti
3rd – Imon Talukdar (Class 10) – Maria’s Public School
3. INTER-SCHOOL ELOCUTION COMPETITION (ENGLISH), August 19, 2020
Group A – Junior
1st – Istikha Parvez – Maria’s Public School
2nd – Anushna Hazarika – Maria’s Public School
3rd – Ritisha Khaund – Sanskriti – The Gurukul
Sarthak Choudhury – Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri
Group B – Senior
1st – Divisha Kashyap – MPS
2nd – Pratim Gogoi – Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri
3rd – Arshia Goswami – Delhi Public School, Guwahati
4. ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION, August 20, 2020
Seniors
1st – Harshita Chetia – Shrimanta Shankar Academy
2nd – Rishika Bhuyan Sanskriti – The Gurukul
3rd – Udita Bhaskar Dutta NPS International school
Juniors
1st – Bhargav Das – Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri
2nd – Alvina Bhattacharya – Delhi Public School, Khanapara
3rd – Rajashree Medhi – Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri
5. WAR OF WORDS – DEBATE COMPETITION, August 24, 2020
1st – Maria’s Public School represented by Syed Dareen Hanash and Shehnaz Choudhury
2nd – Sarla Birla Gyan Jyoti, represented by Aishwarya Parameswar Iyer and Kamalika Das
3rd – Sanskriti – The Gurukul, represented by, Vidhee More and Sanvi Khaitan Ryna Himatsingka.
Best Speaker – Aiswarya Parameswar Iyer
Intra school
Intra school Assamese recitation among students of class 3, MPS – August 5, 2020
MPSM
1st – Abhilasha Gopal 3D
Krishanu Sarma 3C
2nd – Sanvee Sarma 3A
Diweshi Goswami 3B
3rd – Garvita Das 3B
Consolation – Karnika Kashyap 3C, Arpita Das 3A
Intra school English recitation competition – August 25, 2020
Class 4
1st prize goes to Ayushman Das Nair, 4E
2nd prize goes to Akshara Saikia 4A
3rd prize goes to Yuktakshi Kalita 4B
Class 5
1st Devam Bhattacherjee 5A
2nd Priyanshi Sharma 5C
3rd Shreyashree Choudhury 5D
Class 6
Kenisha Kalita – 6E
Anrida Saleh – 6C
Nashita Islam- 6C
Workshop on Assamese Recitation – August 15 & 16, 2020
Workshop on Creative Writing – August 21 & 22, 2020
MAH 2020 Inter-School English Elocution Competition – 1st Prize Winner Senior Category : Divisha Kashyap, Student of Maria’s Public School, Guwahati, Assam, India.
MAH 2020 Inter-School Assamese Recitation Competition – 1st Prize Winner Group A: Anshruta Atri
MAH 2020 Inter-School Assamese Recitation Competition – 1st Prize Winner Group B: Pratiti Sharma
Link to Zoom Recording of the Final Culmination Event on 31st of August, 2020
Moments from Inter-School Assamese Recitation Competition
Moments from Inter-School English Elocution Competition
Moments from the Inter-School Debate – War of Words
Screenshots from Student Performances
MAH 2020 – Behind the Scene
