School Education Minister Punjab Vijay Inder Singla, on Friday, felicitated winners of ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ belonging to Tarn Taran district with Apple iPad, Laptop and Android Tablet during a brief ceremony in view of COVID-19 pandemic. The cabinet minister specially visited PAP Complex Jalandhar to give away the prizes to the winners of record breaking online competition, ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ from three districts including Tarn Taran. Apart from congratulating the winners, Mr. Singla assured them every possible help in achieving their future goals.Notably, Vansh Punj, a class 10 student of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Public Senior Secondary School has been awarded an Apple iPad while Ajadwinder Singh, a class 12 student of Government Senior Secondary School Varnala, who stood second in the district, was given a laptop. Meanwhile, Nimrat Bawa, a class 2 student of Guru Amar Dass Adarsh Institute Goindwal Sahib, has been felicitated with an Android tablet. However, as many as 1,318 entries were registered from Tarn Taran 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’.Third prize winner little girl Nimrat Bawa told cabinet minister that she was curiously waiting for her prize and were regularly enquiring about it from her parents daily. Meanwhile, Vansh who clinched title position in the district, said that he is feeling very proud after receiving first prize from school education minister. He also thanked Mr. Vijay Inder Singla for organizing such a healthy competition for students during lockdown.