Bangladesh's first English spelling competition, "The Daily Star Spelling Bee", starts on 01st February 2012.
History:
Spelling Bee is an internationally acclaimed competition that has been introduced in around 50 other countries so far.
Sponsor in Bangladesh:
In Bangladesh, English spelling competition, The Daily Star Spelling Bee has been introduced by Champs21.com with The Daily Star. It is sponsored by Horlicks.
Who can participate the competition:
The Daily Star Spelling Bee contest, taking place on internet at www.champs21.com. Students from class six to ten of both Bangla and English medium schools can join English spelling competition The Daily Star Spelling Bee contest.
How to register:
Participants will have to register themselves online from www.champs21.com or through their mobile phones by sending SMS.
For SMS registration, a student should type SB and send it to 16252.
Rules:
The first round of English spelling competition, The Daily Star Spelling Bee will continue from February 01 2012 to March 10, 2012. Students may play the game as many times as they want. Only the best score will be considered.
Top spellers from the first round will be selected and moved to a division level round of English spelling competition, The Daily Star Spelling Bee.
From the division level round, all over the nation, the top 72 spellers will move to a TV based round.
Students may get word clues and help from The Daily Star. It will have a special section for Spelling Bee from where the daily words for the game will come.
Interested students who do not have access to PCs may access the competition by going online through their mobile phones, as the website has a convenient mobile application.