Education Dept drive receives over 1 lakh entries

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 6

Creating a world record, the ‘Ambassadors of Hope’ campaign launched by Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla has received 1.05 lakh entries from school students in just eight days.

“By uploading 1,05,898 videos in the eight-day first-of-its-kind online competition, inviting students from all schools to share positive ideas in the time of Covid-19, the feat has attracted attention of Guinness World Records. We have been approached by them to provide our credentials,” Singla said.

Currently, Cebu City Commission of the Phillipines holds the record of the highest participation as they had got 43,157 participants in the competition.

Under the campaign, three winners from every district will be shortlisted who will get an Apple iPad, laptop and Android tablets as first, second and third prizes, respectively.

Apart from entries, this campaign also engaged around 2.5 crore people on social media platforms in eight days. The campaign got the highest 8.5 million hits on Facebook followed by 7 million on YouTube, 4.5 million on Tik Tok, 2.5 million on Instagram and around 1 million each on Twitter and Snapchat.