INDIAN SCHOOL
MUSCAT
STUDENT TOPS IN GREEN OLYMPIAD
Pratik Jain of
class
9
from Indian School Muscat has secured the first position
among
Indian
schools in the Sultanate of Oman and 13th rank in
the
international level. Priyanka Sinha of class 9, Shalaka P and
Sulagna
Dutta of class 10, Abhijit A and Hari Krishna of class 8 from
ISM
have
secured the 19th, 22nd,
34th,
58th
and 90th rank respectively at the international
level.
287
students from various Indian Schools in Sultanate of Oman had
appeared
for the examination in the month of September 2006.
The Green Olympiad is India’s
pioneer
National
level Environmental Examination for school children held
annually
in
India and abroad. The Tata Energy and Resource Institute
(TERI)
conducts this examination in association with the Ministry of
Environment and Forests of India. The main objective of the
Green
Olympiad is to develop a standard analytical tool to assess
students’
comprehension of issues related to the environment, natural
resource
and sustainable development.
Traditionally
Indian
School Muscat has been fairing extremely well at the Green
Olympiad.
In fact it won the overall championship (TERRAQUIZ) in
2004.
