The world today has parents and teachers faced with the dilemma of how to guide their children to navigate through the limitless information super highway and use the Internet as a tool to open up new vistas of education and entertainment, whilst steering clear of malicious content that can lead not just their academic lives but individual wellbeing in to peril.
The Tokyo Cement Quiz provides a good opportunity for educators to whet the appetite of young minds by showing them the right use of the internet and the importance of using every opportunity that comes their way to access and harness new knowledge in order to enrich their lives.
The first of its kind national level school competition was the brain child of Tokyo Cement and Swarnavahini and was conducted under the guidance of the Ministry of Education. Thousands of school children from every corner of the Island were directly touched through the Tokyo Cement Super Quiz, with thousands of others gaining the benefit of learning in a competitive yet enjoyable environment. Among the far-reaching objectives of the initiative as envisioned by Tokyo Cement is seeing our children acquiring the habit of collecting general knowledge as the means to achieve success in education and use it as a stepping stone to expand his or her world view.
The idea was to encourage them to participate in a competition that gives an opportunity to test and showcase their prowess in general knowledge. The long-term ambition was to create good values, grooming them to be well rounded citizens and leaders of the future. The programme itself was curated to maintain a top-quality standard in testing general knowledge. This aspect was recognised twice when Tokyo Cement Super Quiz was adjudged as the ‘Best Children’s’ Educational Content Programme’ at both the Sumathi Tele Awards and at the Raigam Téles Awards in 2015.
Every student in all government schools in every part of the country have the opportunity to join this highly coveted battle of the brains that gave away over 5.2 million worth of prize money to participating schools. The final televised round allowed 32 schools representing each district to take a stand at the Winner’s grand podium, with each school. The grand finale gave away 1 million rupees to the Winning school directed towards their school development activities.
