Vidya Niketan Public School, Puliakulam, won the ‘Intellectual School of Coimbatore’ award and cash prize worth Rs. 10,000 in the inter-school quiz competition held at Jansons Institute of Technology, Karumathampatti, conducted by Wowels Innovations, on 21 November.

WOW Quiz is the biggest inter-school quiz competition in Coimbatore and its motive is to promote knowledge sharing and develop interest in general knowledge among students.

The chief guests for the program were Ashok Gattani, CMO, Wowels Innovations, Ravi Kumar, Vice Principal, CMS College of Commerce & Science, Veena Pathy, Dist. Vice Chairman, Inner wheel Coimbatore, Dr Suresh Kumar, Professor, JIT and Dr Sanju Thomas, dentist.

After the preliminary written test, the top six schools qualified for the finals. A wide range of questions related to current affairs, science and technology, art and literature, and general knowledge were posed by the quiz master followed by a buzzer round.

The team from Chinmaya International Residential School, Siruvani was the first runner-up followed by GKD Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Gudalur. Both teams got gift hampers and participation certificates.

Anand Nair, President, Wowels Innovations, thanked all the teachers, guests and students who attended WOW Quiz 2016-17.