Shanti Asiatic, takes top honour Spell Bee Winner Will Now Take Part In The Semi-Finals TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad:
Ahmedabad hosted season five of the city finals of Radio Mirchi and
HDFC Life’s ‘Spell Bee – India Spells 2013’ on Sunday. In what can be
termed as India’s biggest and only spelling contest, standard VIII
student Kartikey Sharma of Shanti Asiatic School, Ahmedabad emerged as
the winner. He will now proceed to compete in the semi-finals of the
competition. HDFC Life Spell Bee India Spells 2013 is the Indian
counterpart of the highly acclaimed Scripps National Spelling Bee, USA.
The
initial round of this spelling competition received an outstanding
response. Ahmedabad is one of the 35 cities in which such city-finals
were held over the month. The top two spellers from each city will then
compete with each other in the next round. Of these, the top 16 scorers
across India will battle it out in the grand finals of HDFC Life Spell
Bee to be held in Mumbai in February 2013.
As many
as 434 spelling enthusiasts from across the city participated in the
fifth edition, aremarkable surge in the number of participants. This
reiterates the popularity of Spell Bee not only among the school
students, but parents as well.
In the
initial phase, an on-ground exercise was conducted across 20 schools in
Ahmedabad where children were given spelling tests. Top 20 scorers from
each school then competed in the city finals round. The culmination of
Spell Bee 2013 will see a grueling competition between the top 16
scorers of India to win the title of India’s Spelling Champion. The
winner will be felicitated with cash prize of Rs 2 lakh and a trip to
Washington DC along with a parent to witness the prestigious Scripps
National Spelling Bee live.
4 February, 2013
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