MUMBAI: The grand finale of the Horlicks Wiz Kids 2006 is set to kick off on 11 November in Bangalore, to form the Horlicks Wiz Team. This will follow from the National Finals to be held on 8 November.

The Wiz Team consisting of four students will be awarded an opportunity to visit Philippines on an educational-cultural exchange.

In its third year, the Horlicks Wiz Team '06 will be selected by a panel of judges at the grand finale. In Phillipines, the winners will interact with students of 'Community of Learners' and 'Center for Positive Futures' institute. They will visit the urban poor community and garbage dumpsite in Payatas, Quezon City and participate in cultural programmes with other students. The trip will also include sight-seeing to learn about the culture and historical places of Phillipines.

Preceeding the grand finale, during the National Finals students will go through a host of activities that are designed to assess them on their social and mental ability and overall personality. At Pegasus - an outbound learning institute and at the Ancient School of Wisdom, the students will undergo training activities, talent rounds, project presentations, psychometric tests and many other fun, learnig and recreationnal activities, informs an official release.

Horlicks Wiz Kids 2006 at the city level is said to have reached out to four million students, with a participation of 170,000 students from 1141 school across India.