State-level science drama competition held in Shivamogga

Students performing at the science drama competition in Shivamogga on Saturday.

The State-level science drama competition for high school students, organised by the Department of School Education in association with the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, was held at Shivamogga Rangayana on Saturday.

Six teams, each with eight students, staged plays on the broad theme “Science and Society”. It had four sub-themes: “Artificial Intelligence: Friend, Foe or Threat?”, “EV: The Way Forward”, “Interstellar Habitats” and “Restoring Oceans, Preserving Generations”.

Each team was given 30 minutes to perform. A panel of three theatre personalities formed the jury.

A teacher accompanying one of the teams, who wished not to be named, said the time for preparation was too short. “We received the circular about the competition only on November 1, and the taluk-level competitions were scheduled for November 5. We hardly had time to prepare a script to suit the theme and rehearse,” the teacher said.