Pran Frooto Viqarunnisa Noon Science Festival begins
The Pran Frooto Viqarunnisa Noon 20th Science Festival 2018 organised by Viqarunnisa Noon Science Club began on the school campus in the city yesterday.
Workers' Party President and lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon inaugurated the fair as the chief guest.
Principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Manju Ara Begum, director of the science club Mazeda Begum, teachers and students of the school and college attended on the occasion.
A total of 650 scientific projects of 12 schools and 13 colleges of the city were showcased at the festival. Apart from scientific projects, scientific seminars, general knowledge and quiz competition, screening of films based on science fiction, sky observation session, and science, math's, physics, astro and chemistry Olympiads will also be held during the four-day festival.
Speaking on the occasion, Menon called on other educational institutions to organize such festivals and said the students will have to be more involved in creative activities alongside their studies. Later, he visited different stalls of the science festival.
Scientist Mohammad Ibrahim, Uzma Chowdhury, director of Pran Group was also present on the occasion.
Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, vice chancellor of Dhaka University, will be present at the concluding ceremony as the chief guest of the festival.
