‘Saksham’ National Competition 2026- Essay, Painting and Quiz

                 

The Saksham National Competition of 2026 hosts contests for essay, painting, and quiz on the national level. Any school affiliated to CBSE, can register itself by 10th March 2026 at the online portal of www.pcracompetitions.org . This competition can only be participated by the students of classes 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th. The final date for submission is 31st March.This competition gives an opportunity to earn lots of cash prizes and also promotes education.

Students who are keen to participate in various competitions such as: essay writing, quiz contest and paintings then this golden opportunity is for those students. You can also win exciting prizes when participating in this competition. This competition will gain the knowledge, and skills of students. Before applying to this competition please read all the instructions carefully.

Important dates of event:

• End date for registration of school: 10th March, 2026
• End date for registration of students: 10th March, 2026
• End date for submission of essay, painting or quiz: 31th March, 2026
• Last date for submission of the top 2 participants of essay and painting by school: 15th April, 2026

Prizes of the National Competition

                    Essay Competition

Prizes	No. Of Prize	Prize Detail	No. Of Students
National	20	Cash price of 10,000	–
State	1800	Cash price of 2000	Top 50 students will be selected of each of the 36 States or union territory
Total	1820	Total cash price of Rs. 38 lacs	–

              Painting Competition

Prizes	No.of Prizes	Prize Details	No.of Students
National	20	Cash price of 10,000
State	1800	Cash price of 2000	Total 50 students of each of the 36 state or union territory
Total	1820	Total cash price of Rs. 38 lakhs

                      Quiz Competition

Prizes	Number of prizes	Prize details	Number of students
National	20	Cash price of Rs 10000	10 teams of two students each which will be awarded
State	720	Cash prize of Rs 2,000	10 teams of two students each to be awarded in each  state or union territory
Total	740	Total cash price of Rs 16.4 lakhs

Instructions for the essay and painting competition.

• Participation can only be done by those schools in India which are recognised by the Central and State Board.
• The schools are expected to send in the maximum number of students who can participate in the competitions since these competitions are done in the National Interest
• Firstly, the school is expected to register themselves on the official portal of the competition that is www.pcracompetitions.org after which they can register the names of all the students who wish to participate in this competitions on the same portal. The registered students can then participate at individuals in the first round which is the school level round, from their own residence or individual schools.
• The registered schools can conduct as a competitions in only the below mentioned languages which are Hindi, English, Bengali, Assamese, Canada, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Malayalam, Konkani, Marathi, Manipuri, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Urdu, Maithili, Nepali, Bodo and Santhali.  The schools should choose only languages which can be evaluated and judged by the students.
• Only the students of class 7th 8th 9th and 10th are eligible for this competition
• One student participants can participate in only one of the chosen languages but if they wish to they can participate in both essay and painting
• The essay written by the students should not be of more than 700 words
• The essay that is to be sent for participation should be handwritten by the student and scanned photo of the same should be uploaded on the web portals in the ways that are advised by school or a hard copy should directly be submitted to school.
• The topic for the essay is: One step towards green and clean energy.
• The students to register themselves between 4th January 10th March 2026 and the last day of submission is 31st March 2026
• The school is expected to evaluate and judge all the entries given by the students and then shortlist two best entries in both essay and painting and upload it on our web portal (www.pcracompetiitions.org). The school should get over with this process before 15th April 2026
• The top 2 short listed students from each then be invited to participate in the State level competition that will be conducted in online mode only. At this level of the competition, these entries will then be judged and evaluated and top 50 students from each Union Territory and State will receive attractive cash prizes and certificates.
• Short listed top 5 students from each State and Union Territory will then be invited in the National Level competition for both essay and painting, which will again be held online world top 20 students that participated National level competition will get the chance to win additional cash prizes and certificates.

Important Rules:

• The decision of the jury committee that is appointed by the PCRA on the work of the participants shall be final and binding for all the matters that relate to the competition.
• Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and traces of it will lead to direct disqualification.
• After submission of the entries the participants will have no right to use or edit the content they are submitted and the entries shall be the exclusive property of PCRA.
• Children of people who are employees in the PCRA are not eligible for the winning prizes.
• Students as well as schools should get over with the process by the dates mentioned strictly.

How to apply?

Visit http://pcracompetitions.org/login

Scan and submit the following documents online – Identity card of school, Certificate of Principal, Aadhar Card, Class 10th certificate.

After submission of documents, an activation link will be sent to the email address for participation.

Instructions for the School Quiz Competition

• Participation can only be done by those schools in India which are recognised by the Central and State Board.
• The schools are expected to send in the maximum number of students who can participate in the competitions since these competitions are done in the National Interest
• Firstly, the school is expected to register themselves on the official portal of the competition that is www.pcracompetitions.org after which they can register the names of all the students who wish to participate in this competitions on the same portal. The registered students can then participate at individuals in the first round which is the school level round, from their own residence or individual schools.
• Only the students of class 7th 8th 9th and 10th are eligible for this competition
• Questions shall only be related to fuel conservation, environment, general studies and general knowledge.
• Participation by maximum students is encouraged since the competition is not only in the national interest but will also add to the knowledge of the students
• The school team will be formed by the best two participants which been selected by the software
• The the selected teams of two participants of each school shall then move to the second round call the state level round will be held online. They can login to the portal together at the school or at any place of the choice in the period mentioned, for which an email will be sent to the selected participants by PCRA.
• After declaration of the results at each level, the school shall be informed through the web portal itself as well as through mails.

Important Rules:

• The decision of the jury committee that is appointed by the PCRA on the work of the participants shall be final and binding for all the matters that relate to the competition.
• Children of people who are employees in the PCRA and not eligible for the winning prizes.
• school should try to hold the competition as early as possible and get over with it in due time.

Important dates of event:

• End date for registration of school: 10th March, 2026
• End date for registration of students: 10th March, 2026
• End date for submission of essay, painting or quiz: 31th March, 2026
• Last date for submission of the top 2 participants of essay and painting by school: 15th April, 2026

Prizes of the National Competition

                    Essay Competition

Prizes	No. Of Prize	Prize Detail	No. Of Students
National	20	Cash price of 10,000	–
State	1800	Cash price of 2000	Top 50 students will be selected of each of the 36 States or union territory
Total	1820	Total cash price of Rs. 38 lacs	–

              Painting Competition

Prizes	No.of Prizes	Prize Details	No.of Students
National	20	Cash price of 10,000
State	1800	Cash price of 2000	Total 50 students of each of the 36 state or union territory
Total	1820	Total cash price of Rs. 38 lakhs

                      Quiz Competition

Prizes	Number of prizes	Prize details	Number of students
National	20	Cash price of Rs 10000	10 teams of two students each which will be awarded
State	720	Cash prize of Rs 2,000	10 teams of two students each to be awarded in each  state or union territory
Total	740	Total cash price of Rs 16.4 lakhs

Instructions for the essay and painting competition.

• Participation can only be done by those schools in India which are recognised by the Central and State Board.
• The schools are expected to send in the maximum number of students who can participate in the competitions since these competitions are done in the National Interest
• Firstly, the school is expected to register themselves on the official portal of the competition that is www.pcracompetitions.org after which they can register the names of all the students who wish to participate in this competitions on the same portal. The registered students can then participate at individuals in the first round which is the school level round, from their own residence or individual schools.
• The registered schools can conduct as a competitions in only the below mentioned languages which are Hindi, English, Bengali, Assamese, Canada, Kashmiri, Gujarati, Malayalam, Konkani, Marathi, Manipuri, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Telugu, Urdu, Maithili, Nepali, Bodo and Santhali.  The schools should choose only languages which can be evaluated and judged by the students.
• Only the students of class 7th 8th 9th and 10th are eligible for this competition
• One student participants can participate in only one of the chosen languages but if they wish to they can participate in both essay and painting
• The essay written by the students should not be of more than 700 words
• The essay that is to be sent for participation should be handwritten by the student and scanned photo of the same should be uploaded on the web portals in the ways that are advised by school or a hard copy should directly be submitted to school.
• The topic for the essay is: One step towards green and clean energy.
• The students to register themselves between 4th January 10th March 2026 and the last day of submission is 31st March 2026
• The school is expected to evaluate and judge all the entries given by the students and then shortlist two best entries in both essay and painting and upload it on our web portal (www.pcracompetiitions.org). The school should get over with this process before 15th April 2026
• The top 2 short listed students from each then be invited to participate in the State level competition that will be conducted in online mode only. At this level of the competition, these entries will then be judged and evaluated and top 50 students from each Union Territory and State will receive attractive cash prizes and certificates.
• Short listed top 5 students from each State and Union Territory will then be invited in the National Level competition for both essay and painting, which will again be held online world top 20 students that participated National level competition will get the chance to win additional cash prizes and certificates.

Important Rules:

• The decision of the jury committee that is appointed by the PCRA on the work of the participants shall be final and binding for all the matters that relate to the competition.
• Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and traces of it will lead to direct disqualification.
• After submission of the entries the participants will have no right to use or edit the content they are submitted and the entries shall be the exclusive property of PCRA.
• Children of people who are employees in the PCRA are not eligible for the winning prizes.
• Students as well as schools should get over with the process by the dates mentioned strictly.

Instructions for the School Quiz Competition

• Participation can only be done by those schools in India which are recognised by the Central and State Board.
• The schools are expected to send in the maximum number of students who can participate in the competitions since these competitions are done in the National Interest
• Firstly, the school is expected to register themselves on the official portal of the competition that is www.pcracompetitions.org after which they can register the names of all the students who wish to participate in this competitions on the same portal. The registered students can then participate at individuals in the first round which is the school level round, from their own residence or individual schools.
• Only the students of class 7th 8th 9th and 10th are eligible for this competition
• Questions shall only be related to fuel conservation, environment, general studies and general knowledge.
• Participation by maximum students is encouraged since the competition is not only in the national interest but will also add to the knowledge of the students
• The school team will be formed by the best two participants which been selected by the software
• The the selected teams of two participants of each school shall then move to the second round call the state level round will be held online. They can login to the portal together at the school or at any place of the choice in the period mentioned, for which an email will be sent to the selected participants by PCRA.
• After declaration of the results at each level, the school shall be informed through the web portal itself as well as through mails.

Important Rules:

• The decision of the jury committee that is appointed by the PCRA on the work of the participants shall be final and binding for all the matters that relate to the competition.
• Children of people who are employees in the PCRA and not eligible for the winning prizes.
• school should try to hold the competition as early as possible and get over with it in due time.

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