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Spelling Bee contest gets more intense

Shahnoor Rabbani
The Daily Star Spelling Bee contest is getting more intense each day as three more schools from the capital and one from Chittagong brought in their share of spellers yesterday.
The organisers of the competition visited Faujdarhat Cadet College, The City School International, British Columbia School and British Standard School and picked 14 of their best
spellers for the divisional round, which begins on March 16.
The contest, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, is being organised by a web portal Champs21.com.
The five spellers from Faujdarhat Cadet College who won the first round were Rakibul Hassan and Jubayer Siddiqui Shakil of class ten, Mahathir Mustafa Nabil and Inteshar Muhammad of class eight and Nasif Hussain of class nine.
From The City School International Sarah Ahmed, Sarihah Rashed and Kadin Imdad of class 8 qualified, while Rumeen Choudhury,
Morjina Nishi and Azim Mazumder were selected from class nine of British Columbia School.
Meanwhile, Ifraj Mahabub and Naima Afsar of class 9 and Deenul Alam of class 6 of British Standard School crossed the hurdle of the first round.
At least3000 spellers from all over the country, qualifying through school contest and online contest will take part in the divisional round (second round).
However, only the top 72 spellers will move into the TV Round and will be getting an opportunity to become a reality TV star. They will also be allowed to bring along a parent and a teacher of
his/her liking to the TV round.
From amongst them, the top three spellers will get Tk 5,00,000 (first prize), Tk 1,00,000 (second prize) and Tk 50,000 (third prize).
The Spelling Bee Champion will also get an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington DC along with a parent.
The students eager to qualify for the divisional round can visit www.champs21.com and play the online Spelling Bee game as many times they want. The online round will continue until March 10.
The top scorers online will be eligible to qualify for the second round.