Bird Conservation Nepal/ Bagmati River Nature Park organised a quiz contest among the School students of Valley to mark the International day for Biological Diversity on May 22, 2009. International Day for Biological Diversity is a United Nations sanctioned international holiday for the promotion of biodiversity issues.

This programme was held at UN Park, Jwagal, Lalitpur. A total of 15 Schools participated in the quiz contest. These schools were divided into two groups for qualifying round. From each group top three schools were placed for the final round.

Galaxy Public School succeeded to be in first place. Similarly Arun Jyoti Vidya Mandir, Snow Apex and Gyan Kunj Higher secondary School secured second, third and consolation position respectively. The prize was distributed to the winners by the invited guests: Binod Prakash Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Lalitpur Sub-metropolitan city and Anil Kumar Jha, Executive Director, UN Park Development Committee. The progamme was chaired by Deependra Joshi, Executive Officer, Bird conservation Nepal.