SPELL AFRICA INT'L SPELLING LEADERS COMPETITION
PREVIOUS EDITION: Winning Schools/Champions
Primary Category
Spelling Leaders Competition 15th Edition National/Grand Finale.
PRIMARY CATEGORY CHAMPIONS
Champion: Ejike Ebere Angela, Basic 6, 11 years,
School: Spring of Life and Fountain of Wisdom Schools.
State: Enugu
1st Runner Up: Oluebube Chidobi, Year 5, 10 years
Name of School: Rochester Montessori Nursery and Primary School
State: Lagos State
2nd Runner Up: Victor Chukwu, Grade 6, 11 years
Name of School: King’s Kiddies Nursery and Primary School
State: Lagos
PREVIOUS EDITION: Winning Schools/Champions
Secondary Category
Spelling Leaders Competition 15th Edition National/Grand Finale.
SECONDARY CATEGORY CHAMPIONS
Champion: Aliyah Baruwa, SSS 2, 15 years
Name of School: Grace High School, Gbagada,
State: Lagos
1st Runner Up: Ajibola Flourish, SSS 1, 14 years
Name of School: St Lawrence Metropolitan College, Ado-Ekiti
State: Ekiti
2nd Runner Up: Alabi Victor, SSS 1, 15 years
Name of School: Model Secondary School
State: Ondo
INTRODUCING: SPELL AFRICA INT'L SPELLING LEADERS COMPETITION NASARAWA
NASARAWA STATE PRELIMINARY
👉 Primary Category: Pry3-6
👉 Secondary Category: JSS 2- SS2
REGISTRATION FEE: ₦5000 per contestant.
(State & National)
Audience/Supporting Children: ₦2000
Maximum Two (2) Teachers per school.
Kindly note that we are only catering for two teachers per school.
A minimum of 10 spellers per School.
However, schools are allowed to register as many Spellers as they can to stand a chance of winning the Competition.
NASARAWA STATE;
DATE: Tuesday, 22nd April, 2025.
VENUE: Deeper Life High School.
Kwandere road, Off College of Agric., Lafia.
In the State level/Preliminary. All contestants wears their School Uniforms.
At the National/Grand Finale, Contestants, teachers and parents are to wear their
branded T-shirts.
Please Note: The Nationals is an attempt to break Guinness World Record of the Largest Spelling Bee in the world.
DATE FOR NATIONALS:
July/August, 2025.
Venue:
TBA
PRIZES TO BE WON:
Primary/Secondary Category
STATE LEVEL: Depending on the Numbers of Contestants registered. (10-100 Qualifiers) – Gold Medals
NATIONAL:
PRIZES TO BE WON
Prizes for the overall winner at the Primary/Secondary Category:
PRIMARY CATEGORY
1ST POSITION: N400,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND/SCHOLARSHIP & MEDAL
SCHOOL: BIG SIZE TROPHY
2ND POSITION: N250,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND/SCHOLARSHIP & MEDAL
SCHOOL: MEDIUM SIZE TROPHY
3RD POSITION: N150,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND/SCHOLARSHIP & MEDAL
SCHOOL: SMALL SIZE TROPHY
4TH – 10TH POSITION: (N20,000 & MEDAL FOR CONTESTANT)
SCHOOL: PLAQUE
COACHES GETS CERTIFICATE + MEDAL
SECONDARY CATEGORY
1ST POSITION: N500,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND/SCHOLARSHIP & MEDAL
SCHOOL: BIG SIZE TROPHY
2ND POSITION: N300,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND/SCHOLARSHIP & MEDAL
SCHOOL: MEDIUM SIZE TROPHY
3RD POSITION: N200,000 EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND/SCHOLARSHIP & MEDAL
SCHOOL: SMALL SIZE TROPHY
4TH – 10TH POSITION: (N20,000 & MEDAL FOR CONTESTANT)
SCHOOL: PLAQUE
COACHES GETS CERTIFICATE + MEDAL
With Other Consolation Prizes For The Winners.
– Winning School/Champions Will Be Aired On Television Stations, Published on Newspapers and all our Social Media handles.
Registration Deadline: Friday, 4th April 2025
RULES AND REGULATION
CAREFULLY READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE FILLING THE FORM.
👉Schools are advised to register their Spellers on time to ensure adequate preparation.
👉Schools are allowed to register as many Spellers as they can to Stand a Chance of Winning the Competition and Schools are to come with maximum 2 Teachers.
👉Participants must be within the age of 6-17 years of age.
👉Participants must arrive at the venue on or before 09:10a.m to check in and receive their Tag number.
Failure to do so, the School(s) will be penalized.
👉The first Stage will include all spellers and it is going to be DICTATION, the Pronouncer pronounces the words, the Spellers write on a Sheet.
Each subsequent round will include only those spellers who spelled(spelt) their words correctly in the previous round.
👉The pronouncer will give each speller a word. The speller must pronounce the word before spelling it and after spelling it.
The speller may ask the pronouncer to say the word again, define it, and/or use it in a sentence.
The pronouncer shall grant all such requests until the judges agree that the word has been made reasonably clear to the contestants.
The judges may disqualify a speller who ignores a request to start spelling.
👉Once the pronouncer pronounces the word, the contestants have twenty seconds to spell. The 20 seconds begin when the pronouncer pronounces the word.
👉The speller spells the word and then signals to the judges that he/she is done spelling by pronouncing the word again.
For instance, the pronouncer gives the word “bee” to the speller. The speller may ask for a definition and sentence. The speller proceeds by saying, “Bee, b-e-e, bee.”
The judges indicate that the word has been spelled correctly and the speller sits down.
👉Anyone caught whispering either by Sign or talking to any Speller when told to spell a word. That Speller will be disqualified from the Competition.
👉The role of the pronouncer is to correctly pronounce the word and give a definition and a sentence, at the spellers request. The role of the judges is to determine if the contestant has spelled the word correctly. The role of the speller is;
(1) to gather as much information as needed to help spell the word correctly, and
(2) to spell the word correctly within the 20 seconds time period.
👉The Competition will be conducted in rounds, after the first Stage Dictation. Each speller remaining in the Competition at the start of the 2nd Stage shall spell Three word in this round.
Upon missing the spelling of two words, the speller is out of the competition. The speller then sits down and turns his/her Tag over.
👉The next Round, called the Knock- Out Stage. The Speller has Just One word to Spell, the Speller misses it and He/She is out of the Competition.
👉In the event that none of the spellers spells a word correctly during the round, all spellers in that round shall remain in the competition.
👉At the end of each round (Knock Out Stage) the spellers who missed the spelling of a word leave the stage.
If only one of the spellers remaining in the Competition at the start of a round spells a word correctly during the round, the speller who correctly spells a word is declared the winner.
NOTE: The words are numbered, Spellers are to pick numbers as directed by the Pronouncer. For example the Pronouncer tells the Speller to pick a number from 50-78. The Speller picks Number 62, the Pronouncer pronounces the word in Number 62. The Speller Spells the word.
Every Child is standing on his/her own representing a school.
👉Schools are to register minimum 10 spellers. There is no maximum limit to the numbers of Spellers that can be registered for the Competition.
Do note that there is no REFUND after payment.
Penalty will be issued to any School that violates the rules and regulations.
👉 Children not REGISTERED as Spellers or Audiences cannot attend the competition. Any school who brings additional childdren that is not registered will be disqualified from the competition.
👉 Any child that is registered on the day of the competition will not be refreshed.
👉 LATE REGISTRATION attracts an additional fine of N1000 per child.
HOW TO MAKE PAYMENT:
All Payment for Spellers and Audience should be paid using the button “MAKE PAYMENT” below after filling the form:
After making payment, please text Payment Details which includes the Total Numbers of Spellers, Audience and Amount Paid as text or WhatsApp Message to +2349070027521.
Word list will be sent via your Email Address to Prepare your Spellers after Payment is acknowledged.