Mumbai : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that the results of ‘CBSE Expression Series’ will be announced on Wednesday (November 11), on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
The CBSE had organised a ‘CBSE Expression Series’ on Maulana Azad, a great freedom fighter and the first education minister of independent India on November 3. The series was open for students of Classes I to XII of all schools affiliated to the CBSE and all recognised state boards. Students could submit essays, poems or drawings in any of the 22 scheduled languages and English on the following topics: Classes I to V – The role of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad in the making of modern India; Classes VI to VII – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s contribution to Indian freedom struggle; Classes IX to XII – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: A Passionate Educationist. Officials said that students from 27 states and Union Territories of India, UAE and Bahrain participated in the series. The CBSE had received 5,758 entries in Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia, Bengali and Punjabi.