*Invitation to Put Up Stalls At the Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education & Primary School Students Chess Festival At International Centre, Dona Paula On Saturday 26 January (Republic Day) and Sunday 27 January 2008* *A*.* Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education* Chess is a game that inculcates helps children think better, and improves them in many ways, inculcates good habits like the ability to calculate faster, concentrate for longer periods, remember things better and much else. Taleigaon Chess Academy has planned a Symposium consisting of at least 5 interactive sessions with experienced educationists, Govt. Education and Sports Dept.officials and Chess Association officials to explain the benefits of chess for children. Here queries can be raised on this matter and doubts can be cleared. Award winning feature films 'The Knights of the South Bronx' and 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' will also be screened at the International Center's air conditioned auditorium. *B*.* Children's Chess Festival* Side by side we will be having a mega chess tournament where we expect 500 school children, aged between 6 to 10 years to participate over the two days. Here prizes worth Rs.35, 000/- will be given away. There will be around 600 parents accompanying the children. It may be noted that in the last tournament organized by Taleigaon Chess Academy on 8 and 9 September 2007, 241 children participated. *C. Release of Book on Chess * A book on Pre-Primary and Primary school education and the Importance of Chess will be released and will be given to all the participants of chess tournament. A book of around 100 A4 size pages containing the Rules of Chess and other articles on related subjects such as the importance of chess as a learning tool and changing pattern of our schooling over 8 decades written by prominent Goans and others will be published. *D. Street Plays* Different groups will present street plays highlighting the changes that have taken place in our schooling over last eight decades. *E. Educational Institution stalls *: We are offering schools and educational institutions an opportunity to put up stalls at the venue to promote their ideas on education and to inform the large number of parents and others gathered there about the services offered by them – both curricular and co-curricular. Schools will also be given an opportunity to showcase their achievements by audio visual means to Goans at large.
We request you to put a stall of your institution at above mention event. Primarily your stall should provide information regarding your Institutions' Vision and Mission; its achievements, the curricular & co-curricular activities promoted by your institutions . (A stall will have a space of around 4 sq meters and one table (5 ft) and four chairs partitioned on three sides). Full colour page (A4 size) advertisement in the book and a stall will cost you Rs.5000/- Your artwork for colour page should reach us before 21st Dec, 2007. A cheque made in favor of Taleigao Chess Academy and may be sent to Taleigao Chess Academy, Dynasty Manor, Odlembhat, Taleigao, Caranzalem-Goa. Entry forms giving details of the Primary School Students Chess tournament are enclosed herewith. Photocopy of the entry forms will be accepted. Entry from will be accepted only from 1st to 10th January, 2008. December 5, 2007 Secretary Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 2451143/9326132702 (Shrikant Vinayak Barve)
