The second season of "Spelling Bee" beginned yesterday to help school students enhance their spelling skills.
Spelling Bee, an initiative of The Daily Star, the contest will be
held in 3,000 schools across the country. Students of class VI to X,
except for the SSC and O Level examinees of 2013, from both English and
Bangla medium schools are eligible to take part in it.
More than 200 teachers of 150 city schools joined the launching
ceremony of the contest at The Daily Star centre in the capital, hosted
by Champs21.com.
The event is styled "The Daily Star Spelling Bee - Powered by Horlicks, brought to you by Champs21.com."
Spelling Bee is an internationally acclaimed competition where
participants are asked to spell English words correctly. It is quite
popular in the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico,
Indonesia, Pakistan and India. The contest first began in the US in
1925.
Last year, more than 1 lakh students took part in the event mainly in
seven divisions of the country and this year, the number would double
in 64 districts.
GlaxoSmithKline is the power sponsor of the event, while Channel i is the official telecast partner.