Science Fair in Tikota on Saturday

Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Madhu Bangarappa will inaugurate a Science Fair in Tikota of Vijayapura district on Saturday coinciding with Children’s Day.

Students and teachers will showcase their research projects in more than a hundred stalls. The Science Fair is being organized by BLDE Society, Agasthya Foundation and the Department of Education.

Students from over 200 schools will participate. They will compete for prizes for science projects. The first prize will be ₹25,000, the second ₹15,000 and the third ₹10,000.

Around 10,000 people, including students from government, aided and unaided schools in Tikota taluk, members of the School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMC), parents and other visitors are expected to participate in the fair.

District in-charge Minister M.B. Patil and other guests will speak. Cultural programmes will be organised