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Wednesday, Jan 21, 2004

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Elite schools, here's competition!

By Our Staff Reporter

Students from BMP schools exhibiting their models at the inauguration of a science and crafts exhibition at Rajajinagar in Bangalore on Tuesday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

BANGALORE, JAN. 20. Students in schools run by the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) may not have the modern laboratories and facilities of their counterparts in private schools, but they too can "think global and act local".

This was evident at the inauguration of a two-day science and crafts exhibition at the BMP Community Hall in 6th Block, Rajajinagar, on Tuesday.

Over 250 students from 27 high schools, 11 junior colleges, 11 model primary schools, and 67 nursery schools are participating in the event organised by the BMP School and College Teachers' Association. On display are models of the London Bridge, the Great Wall of China, the World Trade Center, INSAT 2A, and the GSLV rocket launching station at Sriharikota. Nagendra and Kumar from the Malleswaram Pit Colony BMP School have designed a beautiful model of the Taj Mahal. "This model is based on pictures of the monument that we have seen in books. Maybe we will see the Taj Mahal in reality some time," they told .

Other displays included the Indus Valley civilization, a low-budget robot made from recycled material such as syringes and thermacol, a silk farm (the model was brought from Ramanagaram), the Jog Falls, the Sankranti Suggi Habba, and a Dasara doll collection. The exhibition also had models of local buildings such as the Karnataka High Court, the Chinnaswamy Stadium, and some of the BMP's new one-stop service centres (computerised offices to issue birth and death certificates, khatas, trade licences, etc.), health centres, and schools.

Other students had put up a "clap switch" bulb which glows when you clap your hands, and models of water purification devices, solar cookers, water heaters, bio-gas plants, "Science of human life", and the "Bedford experiment" to show that the earth is spherical. Besides, there were models of a drip irrigation system and multi-purpose projects as well as depictions of terrorism and India's flora and fauna.

The Mayor, P.R. Ramesh, the Deputy Mayor, G. Basavaraju, the Rajajinagar MLA, S. Suresh Kumar, and other dignitaries present at the inauguration appreciated the displays. "This shows that our students are on a par with those in private schools," Mr. Ramesh said. A panel of judges will announce the results at the valedictory function on Wednesday.

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