Ashish Sam and Sayon Ghosh, students of class X of the Carmel Junior College, Jamshedpur, have won the Study Australia Video Competition aimed to find out more about higher studies in the countries, among other things.

The competition was organised for school students of classes IX to XII from India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh by The Australian Trade and Investment Commission.

As participating teams had to choose a university theme and make a film on the same, students of Carmel Junior College chose the theme of The University of Western Australia. The University was among the five partner universities for the competition and based their three-minute film on 'Building Circular Cities'. The duo showcased how circular cities can avoid generating waste by reusing and recycling.

Apart from knowing more about higher studies in Australia, the objective of the video was to test their English proficiency skills, demonstrate creativity and explore the potential of a global career.

Ashish and Sayon worked under the guidance of the principal of Carmel Junior College- Sister M. Natasha and their teacher Prabha Prakash. The applications started in December 2020.

"Students came up with a lot of ideas but couldn't implement them due to the pandemic. They thus sent a recorded video for the competition. Unfortunately, they missed the Australia tour but winning the theme among so many students was indeed a success," said Prakash.

Each winning team received a prize of three Apple iPad Mini, awarded by the partner Australian university. A total of 348 teams participated in the competition.