After holding preliminary contests in the Southern and Central regions, the National Spelling Bee competition is finally going to Mzuzu next Sunday where 250 spellers from 25 schools will take part in the competition.

This year, as part of its corporate social responsibility, Grand Palace Hotel has partnered with the National Spelling Bee to host all the Spelling Bee activities for Mzuzu City.

A speller waits for her turn in
a previous competition

In an interview yesterday, National Spelling Bee chief executive officer Lewis Mbaula said the performance of rural primary schools has improved this year as they are able to spell tricky and difficult words such as “psychiatric”.

“Last year, schools from rural areas exhibited low levels of literacy as pupils failed to spell out basic words, which attracted ridicule on social media,” he said.

Bloom Junior Academy matron and head of Spelling Bee Oleca Nyirenda said in an interview she was excited that her school will finally compete on the national level.

“The competition inspires learners to work hard. We have been running spelling contests in our school for the past two years but now we will do it at a national level,” she said.

National Spelling Bee is an educational fun activity in which children compete in spelling out words used in English Language.

It is an international programme conducted across the United States of America, Europe and in 27 African countries, including Malawi.

The National Spelling Bee programme was endorsed by the Ministry of Education in 2012

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