The Award Ceremony held for the Final Round of the Quest for the Green World Competition

EATL Awad ---29 may 2024 (LBN)
The Concluding Ceremony of the “Quest for a Green World” Competition, organized by the World Bank and EATL was held on 29 May 2024 Wednesday at the Ruposhi Bangla Ballroom of Hotel Intercontinental in Dhaka.
This initiative aimed to identify young leadership for sustainable development in Bangladesh. Participants not only gained knowledge in green development and digital skills but also acquired knowledge in sciences, mathematics, language, culture, and low-carbon emission and environmentally friendly infrastructure. The “Green Earth Quest” competition was organized for students from secondary, higher secondary, and university levels, using an online quiz platform through which students also acquired skills in information technology.

 



 

The event commenced with a recitation from the Quran at 4:30 PM and continued until 6:30 PM. A total of 21,000 teams comprising 62,000 students from all over the country registered for the event. Among 16,243 teams at the secondary level, 128 teams emerged victorious in the online rounds, from which 16 teams from 8 divisions were selected for the final round. Among 3,601 teams at the college level, 64 teams participated in the final round after competing in the online competition. From the 974 teams registered from universities, 32 were selected for the national level competition after an online competition. Among these 32 teams, 8 emerged victorious in the written examination. The champions from School Teams “The Prime”, 1st runner-up “The Quizengamot”, 2nd runner-up “INVINCIBLE”, and 3rd runner-up “GKUQuizClub”. Champion from College Teams “RAD (Rajuk Aqua Dragon)”,  1st runner-up “Nature Knights”, 2nd runner-up “Aquarius”, 3rd runner-up “Brainstrom Buddies” from University Teams Champion “Impact Hacksquad”, 1st runner-up “Solaris Sentinels”, 2nd runner-up “Fusion Frontier”, 3rd runner-up “Strawberry Shortcake”.

The main guests at the event were the Honorable Minister of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Architect Yeafesh Osman  MP, Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. As special guests, vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Professor Dr. Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam, and Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, Ms. Tashmina Rahman, were also present. The event was chaired by Mr. M. A. Mubin Khan, Managing Director of the organizing institution EATL. Government, non-government, and educational institution officials were also present at the event.

In the final round, the champion teams from schools, colleges, and universities received prizes of Tk. 300,000, Tk. 200,000 for the first runner-up, Tk. 100,000 for the second runner-up, and Tk. 50,000 for the third runner-up. Prizes worth approximately Tk. 50 million, including cash prizes, certificates, and crests, were awarded to the winners of the online rounds and divisional rounds.

 



 




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