Chandigarh, April 30, 2020: Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla launched a song for 'Ambassadors of Hope', an online competition of school students. The song remained a top trend on internet as it got more than 1 Million views within few hours of launch while 18 thousand school going students have shared creative videos with the minister in three days.
Students from Amritsar, Ludhiana and Jalandhar have taken the lead as they have sent the maximum entries while interior districts of Malwa including Mansa, Fazilka and Moga have taken up lately. Minister's home district of Sangrur with Bathinda is in close competition for the fifth spot while Mohali and Ropar shared almost 15 hundred entries each. Most of the children are sharing their videos in form of speech, song and poems while majority of videos are around 2 minutes each.
On the other side, Singla is also sharing some selected videos on his social media platforms bringing smiles and enthusiasm to students.
The lyrics of the song released builds upon the concept of hope and talks the aspirations of the future generations and importance of staying optimist in this environment of abject negativity.
Over all, 'Ambassadors of Hope' has also helped parents to confine children to their homes. On the other side teachers too are coordinating with students to prepare and share creative entries. No participation fee and lack of complicated registration has helped in ensuring maximum participation.
Some of the videos are getting viral in WhatsApp coordination groups of both Punjab School Education Board and creative sites. The students are also sharing the link of their video on social media at ambassadorsofhopepunjab@gmail.com.
The minister had announced that three winners from every district will be shortlisted who will get an Apple Ipad, Laptop & Android Tablets as first, second and third prize respectively. The teachers of the winners and schools ensuring maximum participation too will get appreciation letters while all the participants will be given "Ambassadors of Hope" certificates.
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