Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has appealed to students and citizens across the state to register for the Gujarat Gyan Guru Quiz (G3Q 2026), a statewide online competition organised to commemorate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 25 years in public life. The initiative, launched by the state government's Education Department, is open to participants across Gujarat and offers a combined prize pool of more than ₹11.74 crore.

What the Chief Minister Said

'I invite all students and citizens of the state to participate in the statewide Gujarat Gyan Guru Quiz (G3Q 2026), being organised to mark 25 years of service and dedication in the public life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' Patel said in his formal appeal. He described the quiz as a medium to deepen understanding of Gujarat's history, heritage, and development trajectory.

Patel also stressed the quiz's dual purpose: building general knowledge while creating awareness of government welfare schemes among young people and the wider public. Every participant, he noted, would receive a digital certificate irrespective of their final standing.

Who Can Participate and How

According to the quiz's official website, the 2026 edition is open to students in Classes 9 to 12, as well as college and university students and general citizens across Gujarat. Registration is available at quiz.g3q.ai.

The competition is structured in stages: weekly online rounds feed into district-level contests, culminating in a state-level finale. The contest is designed to span 265 talukas and 17 municipal corporations, with cash prizes transferred directly to verified bank accounts.

Prize Structure and Scope

The total declared prize budget exceeds ₹11.74 crore, distributed across taluka and metropolitan, district, and state levels. The scale of the prize pool and the geographic breadth — covering hundreds of talukas — signals an intent to drive mass participation beyond urban centres.

Notably, the quiz focuses on 25 years of governance and public service associated with Prime Minister Modi, alongside the vision of 'Viksit Bharat 2047'. This framing positions the competition as both a civic education exercise and an awareness campaign for central and state welfare programmes.

Context and Background

The G3Q initiative is not the first time Gujarat has used competitive formats to promote civic awareness; previous editions of state-level knowledge contests have drawn participation in the lakhs. This edition, however, is explicitly tied to a political milestone — Modi's 25-year public service anniversary — which critics may note conflates governance education with political commemoration. The Education Department has not separately detailed the curriculum framework or the independent body, if any, overseeing question design.

With registrations open and the multi-round schedule underway, the state government is expected to mobilise schools and colleges as primary channels of outreach in the coming weeks.