Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 19: The Round Table Mangalore and Ladies Circle Mangalore will be introducing an entirely new concept of inclusive and engaging quizzing called “Inspired Quizzing” for high school students at Fiza by Nexus Mall, Food Court Area on Sunday, November 20 at 4 pm.
The distinctiveness of this quiz is that it will involve special children and other children in a very unique way. Every team is made up of one participant who is visually impaired, one participant who is speech and hearing impaired, one student from a public (government school) and two students from a private school. While the focus of any quiz is on general knowledge, this quiz will instill a sense of inclusivity in children while developing a cohesive culture of team effort and joint involvement forgetting all natural barriers and impediments.
In line with Round Table and Ladies Circle’s commitment to the specially-abled, the quiz will have two main objectives
• Educate the public about how the capabilities of such children are no different from other children provided the environment is inclusive.
• Sensitize young children about natural barriers and making them more comfortable to deal with special children eliminating any hesitation on their part to deal with differently abled people in the future.
Sponsor and partners
The primary sponsor for this event is EGDK India Private Ltd. EG is a Nordic Software Product company and is a market leading vendor of Nordic vertical software for private and public customers. They are 43-years-old and are one of the oldest product companies in Europe. They have a total strength of over 2000 employees spread over eight global locations.
The event is being organized by Mangalore Ladies Circle 82, Mangalore Round Table 115 and Mangalore Coastal Round Table 190, a unit of Round Table and Ladies Circle, India. The organization is non-profit and zero overhead with members working towards the cause of education and learning and special children through a flagship program “Freedom through Education” and multiple other events. It offers opportunities for serving the community, work towards empowering women and for fostering and strengthening friendship and bond between like-minded young men and women.
The Quiz Master for the event will be Dr Vishwas Pai, consultant ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon. He is also the secretary cum treasurer of Mangalore Quizzing Foundation. Our partners for the event are Fiza by Nexus Mall (venue partners).
The quiz will involve visually challenged children from the Roman and Catherine School for the Blind, Urwa, speech and hearing challenged children from SDM Mangalajyothi Integrated School, Vamanjoor, and Kannada and English Medium children from St Theresa School, Mangaluru.
D Vedavyas Kamath, MLA from Mangalore City South Constituency, U T Khader, MLA from Mangaluru constituency, Ryan Lobo, country HR lead, EGDK India Private Ltd, Vathika Pai, proprietor of Vathika International Travels, Arvind Shrivastav, center director, Fiza by Nexus Mall, Tr Ram Hebbal, Area 13 Chairman, Round Table India, will be the chief guests
Quiz team composition
• Each team will comprise of 5 participants from 4 schools.
• School 1 (private school) – 2 student
• School 2 (government aided / public school) – 1 student
• School 3 (special category – visually challenged) – 1 student
• School 4 (special category – hearing and speech challenged) – 1 student
Quiz format
• Open to students of high school (Std. 8 to Std. 10)
• General Knowledge and Topics
• Total 6 teams
• Quiz format
Five rounds
Round 1: Braille based questionnaire
Round 2: Standard quiz format - Infinite bounce.
Round 3: Charades – Actions Speak Louder
Round 4: Standard quiz format. Buzzing bees.
Round 5: Harmony in thought
Winners will be crowned “EG Genius 2022.”