Andhra Tribal School girls create Fastest World Mapping 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 be...