To encourage the artistic talents among the students, competitions are being conducted in the field of Vocal, Bharathanatyam, Folk Dance and Drawing at the District level for the children in the age group of 5-8 years, 9-12 years and 13-16 years. The winners are awarded with prizes and certificates. At the end of the District level competitions, a State level cultural competition among the District level first prize winners in the category of 9-12 years, 13-16 years age groups are being conducted.
A state level cultural competition among the first prize winners of District level competition is being organised in any one of the cities of Tamil Nadu. In this State level competition, the first prize of Rs.10,000/- each to 8 students, the second prize of Rs.7,500/- each to 8 students and third prize of Rs.5,000/- each to 8 students i.e. a cash award worth of Rs.1,80,000/- with medals and certificates will be distributed to 24 students every year and participation certificates will be distributed to all the participants who participate in the competition from all over Tamil Nadu.
To spend the summer vacation in an useful manner by the students of our State, the District level Summer Art training camps are being conducted in all the Districts.
Every year, Jawahar Siruvar Manram conducts Summer / Winter Training Camps. Every year, Winter training camps are being conducted for 100 students in anyone of the cities of Tamil Nadu in the field of Bharathanatyam, Folk Dance, Vocal Music, Drawing, Handicraft, Silambam and Yoga and Summer Training Camps are being conducted for 100 students in Hill Stations in the same field.
Every year, Jawahar Siruvar Manram conducts State level Craft Workshops in which children are trained in Terracotta, Doll making, Batik Collage, Handicrafts and Candle making. The hidden talent of children are brought to fore in these camps which will make them self reliant.
Every year, National Bal Bhavan, New Delhi organise National Bal Shree selection camp in four main streams included of 16 substreams namely, Creative Performance (a. Vocal Music, b. Dance, c. Percussion/Instrumental Music, d. Theatre and Puppetry) Creative Art (a. Painting, b. Sculpture, c. Craft, d. Visual Arts (Designing Graphics and Digital Art)) Creative Innovative Science ( a. Science Model Making, b. Science Project Innovation, c. Scientific Problem Solving, d. Scientific Innovation) and Creative Writing (a. Poem, b. Story, c. Prose, d. Dialogues and Play ) in the age group of 10+ to 12 years, 12+ to 14 years and 14+ to 16 years. This selection is organised in three levels viz., District level, State level and National level.
District level competitions are conducted in the month of June or July every year. State level competitions are conducted in the month of August or September and National Level competitions are conducted by National Bal Bhavan.
The National Bal Shree award is given by Hon’ble Human Resource Development Minister of Government of India. A cash award of Rs.15,000/- (Kisan Vikas Patra) each and a citation plaque, Literature set are given to awardees. The Tamil Nadu Government also encourages the National Bal Shree awardees from Tamil Nadu by giving a cash prize of Rs.15,000/- and a citation.