Nnewi School Bags First And Second Position In Anambra State SPELL-IT Competition

Nnewi School Bags First And Second Position In Anambra State SPELL-IT Competition

The 2019 Anambra State SPELL-IT competition was held at Anambra State Broadcasting Service (ABS), Awada Onitsha on 20th JUNE, 2019.

The competition which was highly competitive saw the emergence of Dr. Alutu College of Excellence and Computer Studies (Secondary Section) in the First and second position respectively while another student from Deeper Life High School clinched the third position.

In an exclusive interview with Anaedoonline.com, the students who participated in the competition include Uzoigwe Peculiar (JSS 2), Anusiobi Amara (JSS3), Anumba Mmesoma (JSS2), Alutu Angel (JSS2), Ogbodo Chiderah (JSS3), Odoabuchi Miracle (JSS1), Chukwuemeka Prosper (JSS1), and Agu Victor (JSS1) expressed their excitement amidst nervousness and stage fright during the competition. They prayed collectively for two of them going to Abuja soonest for the final; Uzoigwe Peculiar (JSS 2) and Anusiobi Amara (JSS3), that they will come back with the first position.

The Vice-Principal of the Secondary Section, who also doubles as the Manager of the Primary Section and also the Head of English Department, Mrs. Alutu Chineze,  spoke to Anaedoonline.com,she said , “It was a spelling competition organized by Word Best Educative TV Show, they have been organizing this program for the past 10 years but they brought it to our notice for the first time this year, it was a competition of luck and intelligence”.

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When asked how the preparation schedule looked like before the actual competition, she narrated,  ”We go into spelling before every other academic activity for each day, so it was not a difficult task because the students were already used to it. I had to employ the services of the school French teacher, English teacher, Phonetics teacher, and other coordinators to put them through. I am the happiest woman in the whole wide world, for all our effort had not been in vain. Right now I think they need not much prayers, the God that started the work will surely finish it. The only thing they need now is to get prepared and take the bull by the horns. They have done it before during the French competition, so I believe they will make the school proud again”.

Mrs. Nnodebe Mbanugo, an English Teacher and also Coordinator for Junior Secondary School was among the teachers who prepared the students for the competition.

When she was asked how the Spell-It competition started, she said ”we got an invitation from Word Best Educative TV Show for our school to participate in the Spell-It competition both for the secondary and primary section. We went for the first round which was a written screening with 20 of the school children both from the primary and secondary section, out of which only 7 pupils from the primary section and 8 students from the secondary section qualified for the second round. We prepared them thoroughly on how to face the camera and moderators, on words and diction and other necessary things they should know.”

Answering questions as regards the next round of the competition, Mrs. Mbanugo said “we have not been given notice on the date for the final round which will take place at Abuja”.
The spell-IT competition will be conducted in all the 36 states of the federation after which the final round of the competition will be scheduled.”

Akabogu Dorathy