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Spelling Bee

Divisional round held in Khulna

Shahnoor Rabbani
The Fairway Community Hall in Khulna was buzzing with excitement yesterday as the spellers at The Daily Star Spelling Bee contest fought hard to earn a spot in the TV round.
Winners of the internet round from Khulna and
Barisal divisions took part. Earlier on Thursday, participants from Rajshahi and Rangpur gathered at Moonlight Community Hall in Rajshahi and took their turns spelling words.
KHULNA
Many students took long journeys to reach the venue. Besides, they had to overcome difficulties such as lack of internet connectivity in the region and also the social stigma associated with kids using the internet.
Take sixth grader Khalequl Aziz of Heed International School in Barisal for example. He learnt about the contest by chance on the web and decided to play the Spelling Bee game on champs21.com.
“I could play the game only once because my father decided to block my
internet connection as I didn't perform well in my school exams,” said Khalequl.
Nine spellers from Barisal and 27 from Khulna made it through to the oral round of the contest from the written round.
Entrants had to spell some difficult words like ‘'helioseismology.’’
After competing in two rounds, three top spellers from Barisal will qualify for the TV round.
The contestants from Khulna, however, will face three rounds and the top six will move on to the TV round.
RAJSHAHI
The contest started with a written round where a total of 41 spellers — 15 from Rangpur and 26 from Rajshahi — took part.
Entrants from Rangpur first took the oral round of
the contest.
With lights and cameras on, many students suffered from stage fright and committed silly mistakes, which ultimately resulted in their elimination.
In stark contrast to the spellers from Rangpur, the contestants from Rajshahi spelled with much more confidence and took all the clues from the anchor. This made the judges go for tougher words such as "peregrination”, “staphylococcus" and “mellifluous”.
After completing two rounds of the contest, four spellers from Rangpur and six from Rajshahi division advanced to the TV round.
To find out the winners from Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions, watch an episode of The Daily Star Spelling Bee on Channel i on April 4 at 7:50pm.