Apart from studies, BLA also encourages its students to take part in extracurricular activities whether it be MUNs, debates or robotic events, and as always, the participants never fail to make us proud. The same legacy was continued on Saturday, the 21st of September, 2019 in the flagship event of e-Magine “Visionaries 3.0” at Movenpick Hotel, Karachi.
This event mainly tested the creativity of the students as they were asked to innovate a new idea that could benefit or change the world. This event gave the students a platform to exhibit their ideas and encouraged practical thinking.
Apart from just participating in the event, some students also volunteered to help manage this event. The volunteers namely; Mahnoor Azam, Sanabil Maryam, Aaliyan Nazir, Daniyal Roy, Ayesha Khan, Ahmed Durrani, Hamza Kamran, Osman Irfan and a few other students were interviewed on 13th of September 2019. After clearing the interview, they were asked to report at the house of Miss Huda Garib, the CEO and founder of e-Magine, to make preparations for the big day. These volunteers kept working vigorously for two odd days and all day long on the day of the event, as Mahnoor Azam, one of the volunteers said,
“We worked the whole night before the event writing names on certificates and planning other things. It was a very tiring, yet a great experience. The best part for me was calculating the result and finding out that our school had won the third position.”
Two teams from each school; comprising of five students participated in the event. Our Team A comprised of grade XI-D students, while Team B was from XI-E.
On the 21st of September, the teams were asked to report at 09:15 am. Other than Beacon Light Academy, there were other schools as well, namely The City School, Ilmesters Academy and Bayview Academy.
The teams were given a time limit of about 100 minutes, which was extended to almost two hours afterwards, to innovate a new idea that could benefit the World. Along with this they had to prepare a prototype of their idea from Lego type Robotics blocks, a PowerPoint presentation and charts.
Prior to lunch, each team submitted their presentations and after lunch, the teams presented their innovations in front of an esteemed panel of judges including; Mr. Kanwal Masroor (CEO of Tech Pakistan), Ms.Urooj Seemeen and Mr. Salman Khan. Guest of Honors included Mr. Javed Jabbar Senator(R) and George Fulton.
Team A of our students presented the idea of a Smart Diary 1.0 which could remind students of their timetable so they don’t forget any required books or items at home.
Team B of BLA presented the idea of an electric car in Pakistan to save fuel.
After the motivational and enthusiastic speeches of the CEO, the judges, and chief guests (mainly Mr. George Fulton’s comic speech), the most awaited moment arrived. The host stepped on the stage to announce the result; hearts beating fast, hands trembling, the excitement and anxiety could be felt throughout the hall as the result was finally announced with the Team A of our school winning the third position among 22 other teams. The howls of our victory echoed throughout the hall as the winners collected their trophy.
The hard work and the confidence of the students while presenting the idea really paid off as the students of Beacon Light Academy made us proud once again.
