NCERT National Online Yoga Quiz Competitions 2021 Scheme and Guidelines

NCERT National Online Yoga Quiz Competitions 2020 Scheme and Guidelines. NCERT has released the scheme and guidelines for Yoga Olympiad 2020. The Council had organized first Yoga Olympiad in 2016 as a prelude to the International Yoga Day which is celebrated on June 21.

NCERT, New Delhi conducts Online Quiz Competitions on Yoga for Students. All management school 6th to 12th Class students may participate in these competitions.

Competitions will be held online (in English & Hindi) from 21-06-2020 to 20-07-2020. This Competition will include questions based on their “Yoga Subject Celebration” by NCERT.

NCERT National Online Yoga Quiz Competitions 2020

SCERT, Telangana Proceedings on ‘Online Quiz’ on yoga

SCERT, Telangana, Hyderabad has given proceedings on ‘Online Quiz’ on yoga. So, YOGA Quiz Competitions would be conducted through online mode on the theme ‘Yoga for Health and Harmony’ for children from classes VI to XII of all management types of schools from 21st June 2020 to 20th July midnight, 2020.

TS SCERT has informed to all the RJDSEs and DEOs that regarding the organization of Yoga Olympiad from 18th to 20th June 2020 is not feasible to organize Yoga Olympiad this year due to COVID-1 9 pandemic situation.

Since there is much focus on health and well-being of children in the alternative academic calendar developed by NCERT ( which is being implemented at State/ UT level), it is expected that children are getting awareness and practising yogic exercises at their homes.

In view of the above, NCERT has planned to organize ‘Online Quiz’ on yoga on the above said the theme for the School Students of Class 6 to Class 12 of all management types of schools.

NCERT has developed syllabus and textbooks for yoga titled ‘Yoga – A Healthy Way of Living’ for Upper Primary and Secondary stages which are available on e-pathshala and also on this webpage.

The quiz will be based on the syllabus of NCERT developed for YOGA and is available in two languages Hindi or English which can be opted by the students.

The top 100 students from classes VI to VIII and 100 students from classes IX and XII from all management types of schools will get merit certificates. The quiz will be opened for the one month starting from 21st June 2020 to 20th July midnight, 2020

Certificate / Incentives will be provided to winners/students who have shown outstanding talents. The HMs should encourage their students to participate in these competitions.

TS SCERT Proceedings on ‘Online Quiz’ on yoga

This year the National Quiz Competition on Yoga will be held online. Students will be allowed to answer quiz questions at their own convenience however within a given period of time. The quiz will be open for one month starting on June 21 and will close at midnight on July 20, 2020.

NCERT National Online Yoga Quiz Competitions 2020

Theme: The theme for this year’s quiz is ‘Yoga for Health and Harmony’. The following dimensions of Yoga would be covered in the online quiz:

• Yama and Niymaa
• Shatkarma/Kriya (Cleansing Process)
• Asanas
• Pranayama
• Meditation
• Bandha and Mudra

Meditation topic has been included but will not be evaluated. Also, ‘Bandha and Mudra’ topic is meant only for Secondary level students.

Syllabus: NCERT has also developed a syllabus for Upper Primary and Secondary classes. The textbooks are available in Hindi, Urdu, and English. The Quiz will be based on the syllabus developed by NCERT.

Participants: Students from class 6 and class 12 are allowed to participate in the quiz. The quiz will be available in two languages – English and Hindi.

Questions type: The quiz questions will be objective and each question will carry 1 mark. Students are required to attempt as many questions in 20 minutes.

Objectives of Online Quiz Competition On Yoga

• To create awareness regarding yogic practices among students and to motivate them to collect comprehensive information from authentic sources on related issues.
• To develop an understanding of yogic practices and motivate them to apply this understanding accordingly in one‟s life and living.
• To motivate them to develop a healthy habit and lifestyle and thereby promote emotional and mental wellbeing in children through yogic practices.
• To develop humane values in children.

Online Yoga Quiz Details

• Each question in the Quiz will be in the Multiple Choice Format and with only one correct answer.
• Each Question carries 1 mark. Students are required to attempt as many questions in 20 minutes.
• The Quiz questions are prepared in both Hindi and English. You may select one medium for answering.
• You are allowed to attempt the Quiz only once and only one option will be accepted for a question.
• However, you may revise your answer before final submission within 20 minutes duration.
• After responding to a question, click on the “Next Question” button to go to the next question. No negative marking will be done. After attempting questions, the final submission should be clicked. No changes can be made after the final submission.
• For logging into the quiz, the participants have to register on DIKSHA portal to take part in the quiz.
• In details, please provide information like your name, class, date of birth, gender, mobile number (your parents/guardian) and school name.
• For learners with visual impairment, there is a text to speech option in both the medium i.e English and Hindi Answer keys will be published after the closure of the Quiz

Important Dates:

The quiz will be open for one month, starting on 21st June 2020 and will close on 20 July midnight, 2020.

A Healthy Way Of Living Textbook

• YOGA Textbooks for Upper Primary Stage
• YOGA Textbooks for Secondary Stage
• YOGA Syllabus and Guidelines

Why conduct Online Quiz on YOGA:

The aim of yoga is to encourage a positive and healthy lifestyle for physical, mental and emotional health of children. It helps in the development of strength, stamina, endurance and high energy at physical and mental levels. Yoga has been integrated as an essential component of Health and Physical Education.

NCERT has already developed textual material on Yoga for Upper Primary and Secondary stage titled “Yoga-A Healthy Way of Living” for Upper Primary and “Yoga-A Healthy Way of Living” for Secondary stage.

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is taking the multi-dimensional initiative to promote Yoga in curriculum and transaction in schools.

MHRD through NCERT took an initiative to by conceptualizing „Yoga Olympiad as a venture with the objective to promote the awareness of yoga and to build up a network of yoga students, teachers and Yoga practitioners from schools to the national level and to spread the message of yoga as a science for holistic living. With this idea, this new initiative named as “Yoga Olympiad” was organized from 2016 onward as a prelude to the International Yoga Day which is on 21 June.

A detailed scheme was developed and has already been circulated to all the states/UTs and other National agencies. But due to coronavirus (COVID 19), all schools are closed since March 2020, though the children are being guided by their teachers at home not only for subject-specific online learning but also on yoga along with physical exercises based on the alternative calendars developed by NCERT which is being implemented at State/UT level.

These days, as there is much focus on the health and well-being of children, it is expected that they are not only getting awareness but also doing yogic practices at their homes. Therefore, in view of this, it is proposed to organize the online National Quiz Competition on Yoga.

Quiz Competition has been a very popular activity both within and outside educational institutions. It enables students and other participants to gather varied information on the selected theme or topic and understand the implications of different aspects of the concerned areas.

It provides opportunities to get exposed to various dimensions of that area and encourage them to acquire authentic knowledge about it. This online quiz competition will also provide flexibility to students to respond at their own convenience however within a given period of time. This will also create a motivating environment for students, in which learning takes place in a very involved manner.

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About the Quiz

Yoga is an integral part of Health and Physical Education. NCERT has already developed textual material titled “Yoga: A Healthy Way of Living ” for Upper Primary and “Yoga-A Healthy Way of Living” for Secondary stage.

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is taking multi-dimensional line initiatives to promote Yoga in curriculum and transaction in schools.

As part of the Ministry of Human Resource Development initiative, Yoga Olympiad as a venture has been organised on the occasion of International Yoga Day, Yoga from 2016 to 2019 by NCERT with the objective to promote the awareness of yoga and to build up a network of yoga students, teachers and Yoga practitioners from schools to the national level and to spread the message of yoga as a science for holistic living. But due to coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic, all schools are closed since March 2020.

Though the children are being guided by their teachers at home not only for subject specific online learning but also on yoga and other physical exercises based on the alternative academic calendars developed by NCERT which is being implemented at State/UT level.

Therefore, an online National Quiz Competition on Yoga has been proposed. It would enable students and participants to gather authentic information on various dimensions on yoga and their advantage.

The Online Quiz on Yoga will develop understanding of yogic otherine practices and motivate them to apply this understanding accordingly in one’s life and living.

It will also motivate them to develop a healthy habit and lifestyle and thereby promote emotional and mental wellbeing in children through yogic practices.

This online quiz competition will also provide flexibility to students to respond at their own convenience however within a given period of time. This will also create a motivating environment for students, in which learning takes place in a very involved manner.

Terms and Conditions

This Quiz is being administered by NCERT using the DIKSHA platform:

1. Participants in the quiz must be students.
2. A student can participate in the quiz without filling in personal information which will be presented to you. If you are a student ensure you have the consent of parent/guardian to participate in this Quiz.
3. As a parent/guardian of the student, you can provide the personal information presented in the next slide and by providing the information you consent to the information being used in the manner described below.
4. By providing your mobile number and email ID as a parent/guardian you confirm that NCERT can communicate with you using your email ID and mobile number provided by you for the purpose specified below.

Purpose of collecting Participant Information:

NCERT is collecting Participant Information and contact information in order to identify, verify and award students who are deemed as winners/runner’s up / consolation prize (as applicable) by NCERT and for matters related to the Quiz.

The Participant Information will be used only for this purpose, will be stored securely and will be deleted from the NCERT database / DIKSHA platform once the award winners of the Quiz have been declared.

Who has access to the Information: Participant Information is only available with NCERT for the purpose specified here.

Quiz Instructions

1. Each question in the Quiz will be in the Multiple Choice Format and with only one correct answer.
2. Each Question carries 1 mark. Students are required to attempt questions in 20 minutes.
3. The Quiz questions are prepared in both Hindi and English. You may select one medium for answering.
4. You are allowed to attempt the Quiz only once and only one option will be accepted for a question. However, you may revise your answer before final submission within 20 minutes duration.
5. After responding to a question, click on the “Next Question” button to go to the next question.
6. No negative marking will be done.
7. After attempting questions, the final submission should be clicked. No changes can be made after the final submission. ga Quiz Competition-Only
8. For logging into a quiz, the participants have to register on DIKSHA portal to take part in the quiz. In details, please provide information like your name, class, date of birth, gender, mobile number (your parents/guardian) and school name. 27 June – 20th July 2020
9. For learners with visual impairment, there is an audio version of all the questions in both the mediums i.e English and Hindi.
10. Answer keys will be published after the closure of the Quiz