Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential School (APTWRS), Alur, Kurnool sets a Record

  


The record for the fastest world mapping by a group of girls was set by four students of Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential School (APTWRS), Alur, Kurnool, at APTWREI Society, Gurukulam, Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) on December 30, 2020. The group included Banavath Gayathri Bai (Group leader), Sugali Roja Bai, Madiga Manjula and Thota Anu Vyshnavi Devi. They drew an outline of the world map marking the boundaries of all (195) countries of the world in a time span of 1 minute and 15 seconds only. The record has been certified by the India Book of Records (IBR).

The attempt was inspired by the coach and principal of the school, K S Sai Kishore. The girls practiced for one year before attempting for the record. They used to give direct demos of in schools and to make the students aware of this unique learning style. The students and teachers stared on the black board with surprise. The group received a lot of appreciation and gifts for this art.

It was not easy in the beginning, as if any of the member misplaced a little line on the board, it was difficult to draw the countries in that particular continent. The group leader, Banavath Gayathri Bai said, “Our parents are illiterate and work as coolies. Our families live inside forests and we are mostly dependent on forest products for our survival. Our mother tongue is without script. Parents don’t even understand the state language – Telugu.”

The mapping style was developed by K S Sai Kishore, the principal of the school. He is very happy with the performance and achievement of the students. This mapping technique is simple and anybody can learn it easily, but the record goes in the name of these school girls only.


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