Quiz competitions held in JH, SWKH

JOWAI/MAWKYRWAT, June 7: The Reserve Bank of India, Shillong, on Wednesday organised district-level quiz competitions on financial literacy in the districts of East Jaintia Hills, West Jaintia Hills and South West Khasi Hills.
In East Jaintia Hills, Sutnga Government UP School bagged the first prize while the first runner-up and second runner-up were bagged by Rymbai Government Secondary School and Tep Kyndait Government UP School respectively. The winners were given cash prizes along with a trophy and participation certificates.
In West Jaintia Hills, the schools that participated in the competition include Sokha Government Higher Secondary School, Sohkha, Nongtalang Government Secondary School, Nongtalang, Jowai Public School, and Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Jowai.
Nongtalang Government Secondary School emerged as winner of the competition and will go on to participate at the state-level quiz competition.
In South West Khasi Hills, the competition was organised in the presence of District School Education Officer, S Kharsahnoh.
Donbok Pariong, a Class VIII student of Mawsaw Government Upper Primary School, emerged as the winner and will go on to represent the district at the state-level quiz competition.
The winner received a trophy along with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10,000.