Youths keen on e-quiz contest
Visitors flocked in thousands to BASIS SoftExpo 2011 on the fourth day yesterday.
The visitors, especially youths, are expressing keen interest on different aspects of the exhibition held at the fairground of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city. The exhibitors said they are getting good response from visitors as well.
Kawser Jannat Momo, a marketing executive of Champs21, said visitors to Champs21 stall are showing interest on their e-learning offer and the competition, Brain Brats.
Champs21, in partnership with The Daily Star, is organising the nationwide online quiz competition, the first ever in Bangladesh for class III to VIII students of English medium schools across the country.
Momo said the initiative was taken to divert children from spending most of their times using different social networking websites to learn and prepare themselves for the tougher competitions ahead in the future.
“Thirty-three schools from Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet have registered so far by logging on to www.champs21.com,” said the marketing executive.
The competition will be held in three phases and it will focus on science, math, and general knowledge as per curriculum of the English medium schools.
The second round will be offline. Ten students from each class of each school will be selected for the second round. The grand finale will take place on March 12.
An important event of the day was “BASIS Freelancer of the year 2011”. From a total of 140 competitors, Basis awarded 10 freelancers for their contribution to upholding Bangladesh's image in the global IT outsourcing arena.
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