Our Correspondent
Kohima, Aug. 20 (EMN): The Fountain Club Kohima, in collaboration with State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT), on Saturday announced that the 9th Nagaland Spelling Bee Championship 2022 would be held on October 13 and 14 at RCEMPA in Jotsoma under Kohima district on the theme ‘The learning edge’.
This was announced during a press conference by S Kevi Hibo, chairman of Fountain Club. Hibo informed that a maximum of two students from classes 6 to 9 from each educational school/ institution would be eligible to participate in the two-day event.
He informed that a total prize money of INR 1,59,000 along with citations and trophies would be awarded to the winners. The champion would receive INR 60,000, while second winner would receive INR 40,000, third winner INR 20,000 and fourth position INR 15,000. All the quarter finalists would also receive a sum of INR 5,000 each and the Young Spellers Award would be given INR 4,000.
The championship is being organised in partnership with The Morung Express, Ramietech Solutions, Mirrorless Films and Crystal Cables Kohima.
The convenor of the organising committee, Neizokhotuo Belho, said Nagaland Spelling Bee was first launched in 2012 and was affected in the last two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he exuded hope that this time there would be good number of participation from across the state.
On the occasion, a promotional video about the spelling championship was also launched by Medo Yhokha, advisor of Election and Technical Education, who is also a member of the club.
He lauded the ideals and initiative taken by the club in various activities and viewed that the spelling bee championship is academic and literary based, adding that the platform provided to the students has gone a long way in harnessing the skills of the students while exposing their talents and to explore the rich literary world.
Meanwhile, the organisers informed that the details and entry forms could be downloaded from www.fountainclub.in, www.morungexpress.com and www.ramietech.in and to mail the filled up entry forms to fountainclubkma.gmail.com on or before October 8 or contact the officials on phone nos. +91 9436604982, +91 8787352074 and +91 9089260646.
