Is your child a pro at making up stories in your head? Then this competition will be right up their alley. The Konkani Bhasha Mandal is all set to organise it's annual ‘Shenoi Goembab Kathamal’(Story Telling Competition) which is geared towards school students, this August. The preliminary rounds for the same will be held on August 22. Mandal at 15 centers across Goa. The competition will be held in 12 centers across 12 Talukas with additional three centers in Cuncolim, Madkai and Porvorim .
The competition like every year will be held in these categories i.e. 1st to 4th, 5th to 7th and 8th to 10th standards. There are no restrictions on subject however the time allotted to different categories is 1st to 4th- 3 to 5 minutes, 5th to 7th- 4 to 6 minutes and 8th to 10th- 4 to 7 minutes. In order to give more representation to the performers at state level competition for the centers where the participants are in large numbers, the judges will select more winners for every additional 10 participants. Judges will have the discretion of selecting fewer winners in case of less participation.
Like previously, the organisers have appealed to schools to conduct competitions in the respective schools and send the winners to the preliminary rounds. The school level winners too are given certificates.
The state level competition will be held on August 28 at Konkani Bhasha Mandal Hall in Margao.
