The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, in collaboration with MyGov is inviting submissions for Bharatiya Rhyme and Poem Competition- Baalpan ki Kavita.
About the Competition
Join the ‘Baalpan ki Kavita’ Initiative: Restoring Bharatiya Rhymes/Poems for Young Children
As per NEP para 4.11, it is well understood that young children learn and grasp nontrivial concepts more quickly in their home language/mother tongue. Home language is usually the same language as the mother tongue or that which is spoken by local communities.
Currently, preschool and early primary children of the foundational stage in the country grow up learning and singing rhymes/poems in English which are often disconnected from their culture and surroundings. The ‘Baalpan ki Kavita’ initiative seeks to restore and popularise traditional and newly composed rhymes/poems in Hindi, regional languages and English. This will enhance play and activity based approach for learning.
The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, in collaboration with MyGov, is pleased to invite you to contribute to the ‘Baalpan ki Kavita’ initiative, which aims to promote the creation, collection and dissemination of Bharatiya rhymes/poems for early years/foundational stage education. We invite individuals to submit written poems that can become a part of the foundational learning.
The rhymes/poems can be originally written, popular in local culture or folk lore or written by someone else. Your contributions will improve educational resources for Foundational Stage and stimulate a love for Indian languages among young children.
Categories of Submission
- The rhymes/poems can be about nature, animals, birds, festivals, family, community helpers, seasons, water, food, health and hygiene transport, everyday life, patriotism, plays/games/sports etc.
- Rhymes/poems should be joyful, interesting, easy to recite and engaging.
- Rhymes/poems can be for following age group:-
- Pre-school/Balvatika – (3-6 years)
- Grade 1- (6-7 years)
- Grade 2- (7-8 years)
- The length of the rhymes/poems should be 30-100 words in 4-12 lines which are easy to learn.
- The rhymes/poems can be originally written, popular in local culture or folk lore or written by someone else. If written by someone else, the sender may give credit.
- Selected rhymes/poems will be featured on NCERT/DoSE&L/MyGov/KVS/NVS/CBSE/SCERTs platforms and other educational portals, benefiting early learners and educators nationwide.
How to Submit?
Interested candidates can submit online via this page.
Terms & Conditions
- Participants can take part in the contest by registering on MyGov InnovateIndia (https://innovateindia.mygov.in/).
- There is no entry fee to participate in the contest.
- If participant is participating in the activity first time, he/she needs to fill the required details for participation on MyGov. By submitting the details and participating in the challenge, participants can be contacted if selected.
- All the participants to ensure that his/her MyGov profile is accurate and updated since this profile shall be used for further communication. This includes details such as name, e-mail id and mobile number.
- Submissions beyond the last date and time of submission shall not be considered.
- The entry must not contain any provocative, objectionable, or inappropriate content.
- The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Education (MoE) has the right to cancel or amend all or any part of this Contest and/ or the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/Evaluation Criteria.
- All submissions would be vetted by Committees/Experts to ensure high educational standards and appropriateness
- Any changes to the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria, or cancellation of the Contest, will be updated/posted on the MyGov platform. It would be the responsibility of the participants/applicants to keep themselves informed about any changes in the Terms & Conditions/ Technical Parameters/ Evaluation Criteria stated for this contest.
- The winners will be selected by a committee and declared via winner announcement on https://blog.mygov.in/.
- There will be no notification to participants of entries who are not selected as winners.
- The content should not violate any provision of the Indian Copyright Act, of 1957. Anyone found infringing on others’ copyright would be disqualified from the competition. The Government of India does not bear any responsibility for copyright violations or infringements of intellectual property carried out by the participants.
- The decision of the Selection Committee would be final and binding on all the contestants and no clarifications would be issued to any participants on any decision of the Selection Committee.
- If it is a existing rhyme/poem, then the name of the author may be mentioned.
- Bank details will be required to be submitted by the winners after the announcement of the result of the competition. Non-furnishing of the above information/documents at the appropriate stage will render the selection null and void.
- Prize money will be transferred only through electronic transfer as per the bank details submitted by the winner via email.
- Organizers will not accept any responsibility for entries that are lost, are late or incomplete or have not been transmitted due to computer error or any other error beyond the organizer’s reasonable control. Proof of submission of the entry is not proof of receipt of the same.
- The organizers reserve the right to disqualify participants, refuse/discard entries if the information submitted is plagiarized, false or erroneous.
- All disputes/ legal complaints are subject to the jurisdiction of Delhi only. Expenses incurred for this purpose will be borne by the parties themselves.
Important dates
- 26.03.2025: Start Date
- 22.04.2025: End Date
Gratification
Entries finally selected shall be given a certificate of contribution and appropriate cash reward.
