India Post is conducting a Nation-wide Letter Writing Competition for school children during the National Postal Week, 2015.
Some of the salient features of the competition are:
* The Competition will be held in two categories: Junior (up to Class V); Senior (Class VI to X).
* The letter is to be addressed to the ‘Grandparents’.
* Children may choose to write on any one of the following themes:
1. How did I spend my vacation 2. One day in my school 3. My favourite book
* The letter can be written on Inland Letter Card (ILC) or A4 paper.
* The Department will provide stationery/ILC/envelopes/stamps for posting the letters to their grandparents.
* Children should bring the complete postal address with PIN Code, of their grandparents.
* Top three letters of each Division should be given suitable prizes and the same would be sent to Circle Office for State Level evaluation and then to New Delhi for All India Level evaluation.
* Children would be introduced to Philately and information about opening and maintaining Philately Deposit Accounts (PDA), with the purpose of encouraging them to develop interest in Philately and open PDA.
India Post would like to encourage the students to participate in large numbers and win exciting prizes…!
