Contestants to Win N7m in MTN Spelling Bee Contest

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel

Over N7 million in cash prizes, laptops, phones and mPulse goody bags would be won at the 2021 mPulse Spelling Bee organised by telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria.

The contest, which is opened for primary and secondary students in Nigeria, comprises three rounds as the first round is currently being run alongside the ongoing registration.

The acting General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Mr Idowu Adesokan, noted that the deadline for the registration has been extended to Sunday, October 24.

“We took the mPulse Spelling Bee competition online to advance digital literacy and guarantee safe participation from students across Nigeria regardless of their location.

“We believe that every child qualified to participate should have the opportunity to and our extension of the deadline accommodates and encourages this,” he explained.

According to Mr Adesokan, the first 1,000 students who come out with the highest scores in the first round will then proceed to the second round.

Explaining the healthy and competitive nature of the challenge, he stated, “Students have the opportunity to compete in this online competition from anywhere in Nigeria, with a chance to win cash prizes, laptops, smartphones and many more gifts for themselves; while their teachers who supported them in preparing to get rewarded with cash prizes and devices too.”

To participate, students across the country in Primary and secondary schools must be within the age bracket of 9 to 15 years.

He said that interested participants can still register in the MTN Spelling Bee contest on the website (https://mpulse.mtnonline.com/).

However, to do this, they need to migrate to a current and active mPulse plan which can be done by sending impulse text to 344 or dialling 3441# on their MTN line.

The grand finale of the previous edition, which took place virtually on Saturday, December 12, 2020, saw the emergence of Snow George, an SS3 student of Starville School, Abuja who received a scholarship grant worth N2 million, a laptop, and a smartphone among other gifts.