The semi-finals for the 2022 edition of the National Spelling Bee championship have been scheduled for Saturday, July 31, 2021.
The event is to select spellers who will advance to the final stage for the contest next year.
Special about this stage of the competition is that some spellers will have the comfort of participating and spelling from home, in line with COVID-19 safety protocols.
The broadcast will also be live on Citi TV and the Facebook page of Citi TV at 8am.
Another distinct feature about tomorrow’s competition is the Black Drones – these are Spellers who have achieved 85% or more in their online Vocabulary Assessment. The Black Drones include spellers who have competed more than once in the Spelling Bee.
According to the organisers of the Spelling Bee, this is a new title introduced to spotlight the highest performing Spellers during the National Finals.
“This year, we’ve created what we call, the Black Drones. A black drone is someone who makes 85% or above in any of our online tests. What that tells you is that, that child is on to something. There are spellers who’ve come before, so those are the spellers you want to look out for and groom. Half of our spellers are returning spellers,” Eugenia Tachie-Menson, Founder/Country Director of Young Educators Foundation, Organisers of the Spelling Bee, said in an interview on the Breakfast Daily on Citi TV.
Touching on the competition, she said over 500 hopefuls took part in the preliminaries, adding that 173 participants will partake in the semi-finals on Saturday.
“Over 500 hopefuls took part in the preliminary competition. We moved from the preliminaries and went into quarter-finals, and now we are at the semi-finals with 173 finalists all over the country. About 50 of that number are not based in Accra,” she added.
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About Young Educators Foundation (YEF)
Young Educators Foundation (YEF), the organisers of The Spelling Bee Ghana, is a local NGO whose vision is to improve the lives of the country’s youth through literacy and champion the cause of education.
YEF strongly believes education cannot be limited to only what is taught in the classroom, and that co-curricular activities have an essential role in the total education of children.
About The Spelling Bee – Ghana
The Spelling Bee Ghana (TSBGH) is a literacy programme that teaches primary children between ages 8 and 13 how to improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn and understand word concepts, and develop English usage.
The Spelling Bee is affiliated with the Scripps National Spelling Bee, USA.
For further information, contact 024 910 6220 or email send an email to info@yefoundationgh.org