GEMS organised an inter-house English Speech Competition for students of Class VIII on June 15. The speakers talked on topics like ‘Braindrain: A burning problem in Nepal’, ‘Terrorism: A threat to human civilisation’, ‘Role of media the peace process of Nepal’. Tripti Lamsal was the best speaker, and Sadhana Bhattarai was the runner-up. In the overall results, Emerald House was the winner. — Mamata Maden, Class VIII, GEMS