CBSE expression series

Central Board of Secondary Education expression series is an online/offline essay/poem/drawing competition organised by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India for classes 1 to 12. It was initiated in 2014. A cash prize of Indian Rupees 2500-25,000 is given to each of the 36 winners (12 in each category) In 2014, more than 29,000 students participated. Entries are accepted in any of 22 scheduled languages and in English. The purpose of the contest is to make students aware of the history of women and men who have served the nation of India.

Topics

2014

Topics in 2014
Date Topic Picture References Remarks
25 December 2014 Good Governance day More than 29,000 students took part.
26 December 2014
2014 Young Scientific Minds of India
24 December 2014 Education for Future Development On the eve of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya's birthday.

2015

It focused on the contribution of great leaders of India and on several important issues related to women, society (both rural and urban) and the nation.

Leaders on whom topics were base in 2015
Date Name of leader / Topic Picture References Remarks
10 & 11 July 2015 First in 2015
18 and 19 December 2015 Atal Bihari Vajpayee The circular was issued by Praggya M. Singh, assistant professor and joint director, CBSE.
15 October 2015 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2 October 2015 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
11 October 2015 Jayaprakash Narayan
25, 26 and 27 September 2015 Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Only series which lasted for 3 days
5 and 6 September 2015 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
16 December 2015 Madan Mohan Malviya
3 November 2015 Maulana Kalam Azad
  • CBSE received 5,758 entries in Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, Bengali and Punjabi. Results were announced on 11 November.
  • Only 30 entries were selected.
31 October 2015 Sardar Patel
Sept 21–28, 2015 Indo-Africa expression series

Selection of winners

The final winners are selected from three class categories, i.e. classes 1st to 5th, Classes 6th to 8th and classes 9th to 12th. Winning entries are compiled in an E- book.

References

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  15. ↑ Bhatia, Ishita (9 October 2015). "Now, CBSE expression series on Jayaprakash Narayan". MEERUT. Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2016. To join the expression series, students studying under the board will be required to submit an essay, a poem or a drawing on any of the three topics - 'Jayaprakash Narayan's role in Indian freedom struggle', Jayaprakash Narayan: the real 'Lok Nayak' and opinion on Jayaprakash Narayan said, "True politics is about promotion of human happiness."
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