Author Topic: Laiba Ejaz Declared National Champion of 5th DAWN Spelling Bee Contest 2009  (Read 4385 times)

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 The most thrilling DAWN in Education Spelling Bee Championship to date which started on 27th January, 2009 and came to an end on 20th February, 2009 left the audiences amazed in all three regions. Over 630 schools participated from throughout the country, in an extremely competitive and engaging contest. The competition was viewed by thousands of people as live audiences. The competition shall also be televised shortly as a 4 series program on DAWN News TV Channel.

Almost 120 schools participated from the Islamabad Region of which 20 were from outstations such as Kharian, Kohat, Mirpur, Muzzarafabad, Peshawar etc and 100 from the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. There were 142 schools from the Lahore Region. 93 schools of these were from Lahore and 49 schools from other cities of Punjab namely Faisalabad, Multan, Sialkot, Okara, Hafizabad, Layyah, Jhang etc. A total of 368 schools participated from the Karachi Region of which 48 schools were from areas like Hyderabad, Thatta, Ranipur, Quetta etc while the rest from Karachi.

The National Championship was held in Karachi on February 20th, 2009. The drama at the nationals hyped up when some of the winners from last year secured positions as National Champions of the competition and others found tough competition in maintaining theirs.

  9-11 Age Group

Laiba Ejaz
Roots School System, DHA, Islamabad

In the 9 to 11 age group Laiba Ejaz of Roots School System, DHA campus, Islamabad  was 1st Runner up in last years National Championship and became National Champion this year.She was declared islamabad regional champion for two consecutive times.

 Nimra Farooq from Army Public School (Girls), Azam Garrison, Lahore was  2nd Runner Up in the 9-11 Age group in the Lahore Regional Championship last year and worked up to become the 2nd Runner Up in the National Championship this year.

12-14 Age Group

Amna Ahmad
Generation’s School- Main Branch, Karachi

 The National Champion for the age group 12 to 14, Amna Ahmed from Generations School, Karachi, was the 2nd runner up in last year’s 12 to14 National Championship. M. Zuhair Murad from Aitchison College, Lahore was the National Champion in the 12-14 age group in last years contest and became the Lahore Regional Champion for the same category this year.

15-17 Age Group

Samrah Jamil
The City School
Senior Girls North Nazimabad Branch, Karachi
In the 15 to 17 age group National Champion Samrah Jamil from The City School, Senior Girls North Nazimabad Campus, Karachi was the 1st Runner up in the age group 12 to14 of the National Championship last year. 

The winners of the 5th DAWN in Education Spelling Bee 2009 are as follows:
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