India’s largest spelling competition starts today
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, November 19
The 12th season of India’s largest spelling competition, Classmate Spell Bee, will start on November 20.
The competition provides the largest platform to the country’s best spellers to identify their strengths and achieve recognition for their unique spelling skills. The spelling extravaganza promises to deliver a bigger and better experience than it did in its previous season. It will travel to 1,000 schools across 30 cities and will reach out to more than 5 lakh students of Class V to IX.
Students from across India can also participate online at www.classmatespellbee.in. Only the top 16 participants battle it out in the televised national finals.
Shailendra Tyagi, chief executive, ITC’s education and stationery products business, said: “Classmate promises to support a child’s dream with an equally unique and world class set of stationery products such as notebooks, art and math stationery.”
The national champion of the 12th season will win a grand prize of Rs 2 lakh, a trip to the White House and a chance to feature on national television, apart from witnessing the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2020 with a parent in Washington DC, US, in an all-expenses paid trip. The four semi-finalists will win a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each.
The initial phase of the competition will comprise an on-ground exercise where children will be given spelling tests in schools. Top scorers from the school level and online applicants will compete in the city finale round, from where the best performing students will make it to the semi-finals. The top 10 students from each city will then appear for an online test which will choose the best 16 spellers from across India. These students will then participate in the grand finale to win the title of Classmate Spell Bee champion.
Phases of contest
- Students from across India can also participate online at www.classmatespellbee.in. Only the top 16 participants will compete in the televised national finals
- The initial phase of the competition will comprise an on-ground exercise where children will be given spelling tests in respective schools
- Top scorers from the school-level and online applicants will compete in the city finale round, from where the best performing students will make it to the semi-finals
- The top 10 students from each city will then appear for an online test which will choose the best 16 spellers from across India. These students will then participate in the grand finale to win the title of Classmate Spell Bee champion
Prizes
- The national champion of the 12th season of the Classmate Spell Bee will win a grand prize of Rs 2 lakh, a trip to the White House and a chance to feature on national television
- The winner will also witness the prestigious ‘Scripps National Spelling Bee 2020’ with a parent in Washington DC, the US, in an all-expenses paid trip
- The four semi-finalists will win a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each
