PUDUCHERRY: India Post will hold a nation-wide letter writing competition for school children at all postal divisional headquarters in Chennai on Philatelic Day in October.
The competition will be held under two categories, junior (up to Class 5) and senior (Class 6 to 10). The students may choose to write letters on any one of the three themes - "How did I spend my vacation" or "One day in my school" or "My favourite book".
The letters have to be addressed to the grandparents and can be written on Inland letter card or A4 paper.
The department of posts will provide stationery, envelopes and stamps for posting the letters to their grandparents. The students must furnish full postal addresses with pin codes of their grandparents. The department will select the top three entries in each category and award suitable prizes. It will sent the letters to circle office for state-level evaluation and then to New Delhi for all-India evaluation.
The department will encourage students to develop interest in philately and encourage them to open and maintain philately deposits accounts (PDA).
