By TCN News,
Aligarh: ABK High School, Aligarh Muslim University organized an Inter-school Islamic Calligraphy Competition to mark the Eid Miladun Nabi celebrations.
First prize in Arabic Calligraphy was given to Ms. Asra of AMU Girls High School while second prize was received by Ms. Gulshad of ABK High School and third prize went to Mohd Shahid of S.T.S. High School. The Consolation prize was given to Ms. Zeba Azhar of AMU Girls High School.
Winner of Inter School Islamic Calligraphy Competition at AMU ABK School
In Urdu calligraphy, first and second prizes were won by Ms. Tuba Khan and Ms. Zahida Nusrat of AMU Girls High School while third prize went to Ms. Shagufta Naaz of ABK High School (Girls) and consolation prize was given to Mohd Rehan Khan of AMU ABK High School.
The distinguished and illustrious calligrapher, Mr. Sarfaraz Ahmad Zaidi judged the competition.
Dr Mohd Abbas Niazi, Principal of the School said that such a competition has been held for the first time at school level. The aim of organizing this competition was to encourage the art of calligraphy, which has reached to extinction in the advent of computer age.
The ABK School also organized a debate competition as part of the Republic Day celebrations. Ms. Aatika from AMU Girls High School, Master Amin Adil from AMU ABK High School and Ms. Anam Tariq from Senior Secondary School (Girls) won the first, second and third prize respectively.
The consolation prizes went to Ms. Kareena Anees, AMU City Girls High School, Neha Mehdi, Ahmadi School for Visually Challenged and Kaushelesh Verma, ABK High School. Dr. M.A. Jauhar and Dr. Rashid Anwar Rashid from Department of Urdu judged the competition.