FAISALABAD: The Quarter-Final Rounds of the 15th Dawn In Education Spelling Bee Competition will be held on Wednesday (today) at the Iqbal Auditorium of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad.

It is the largest school event in Pakistan organised under the DAWN in Education program, the first and only newspaper in education programme in the country till date. Approximately 1,000 of the most competitive schools will be participating in this engaging nationwide competition. More than 200 students from 31 schools will be competing amongst each other in the Faisalabad Rounds.

The competition will be conducted in three age groups -- 9-11 years, 12-14 years and 15-17 years. Three students from each group will qualify to participate in the Lahore Regional Championship which will be held on Nov 9, 2019 in Lahore.

This competition is being organised by the DAWN Media Group with MCB as partner in education and judges taken through the Oxford University Press.The venue partner is the UAF.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2019

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