From News to newsmakers

The event witnessed a massive response from the tricity schools, as 120 students confirmed their participation. The participating students read a news report, editorial, or write-up selected by a panel.

Each student completed reading the news report within two minutes and 30 seconds (2.30s). The participants were assessed based on their confidence, diction, intonation and pronunciation while reading the chosen report.

During the preliminary round, a competition took place with observers from The Tribune assisting the judge. Thereafter, shortlisted participants (three students from each category) were selected to advance to the grand finale.

In the finale, the shortlisted students competed against participants from other schools.

All participants were given certificates and the winners were honoured by Chief Guest, Dr Bharat, Professor, University of Legal Studies, Panjab University, and also Dean, Information and Public Relations at the university.

“The Tribune is one of the leading publication houses of the region, and such events boost the confidence of the children. I must congratulate the Tribune Group for providing such a unique platform to the schoolchildren to showcase their talent.

The huge participation of schools indicated a vastly developed readership of The Tribune newspaper, which is serving the readers for decades now. I congratulate all the participants, readers, organisers and winners of the event,” said Dr Bharat.

The main aim of the Readathon was to inculcate newspaper reading habit in students.

The event aimed to promote and improve communication, current affairs, social connection, and newspaper reading habits among students.