School Education Minister Punjab Vijay Inder Singla, on Friday, felicitated winners of ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ belonging to Amritsar district with Apple iPad, Laptop and Android Tablet during a brief ceremony in view of COVID-19 pandemic. The cabinet minister specially visited PWD Rest House Pathankot to give away the prizes to the winners of record breaking online competition, ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ from three districts including Amritsar. Apart from congratulating the winners, Mr. Singla assured them every possible help in achieving their future goals.Notably, Haridhaan Kapoor, a class 5 student of Cambridge International School has been awarded an Apple iPad while Samreen Kaur, a class 10 student of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, who stood second in the district, was given a laptop. Meanwhile, Rahul Kumar, a class 10 student of Government Senior Secondary School Badhani, has been felicitated with an Android tablet. However, as many as 13,862 entries were registered from Amritsar district. The winners overwhelmingly thanked Mr. Vijay Inder Singla for organizing such an interesting and wonderful competition during lockdown.
While giving away the prizes, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that besides breaking the world record in eight days, the ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ competition has successfully served its purpose by nurturing skills of students in a positive manner.Divulging further details, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla said that as many as 1,05,898 school going students have shared their videos in eight days for 'Ambassadors of Hope', the campaign which was launched for students of Punjab to share their creativity during lockdown. He categorically said, “Winners have been selected strictly on merit basis.”The Cabinet Minister said that apart from a total 66 main prizes, as many as 1000 consolation prizes were also being given to the winners in all 22 districts under the ‘Ambassadors of Hope’.Title prize winner Haridhaan Kapoor said that he was curiously waiting for his prize and receiving it from school education minister made the day very special for him. Meanwhile, Rahul who clinched third position in the district, said that he felt very proud while receiving android pad from school education minister and it all happened due to the guidance and support of his teachers. He also thanked Mr. Vijay Inder Singla for converting his school into smart school which also helped him to compete with private school students.