<p>It is always encouraging to see students bustling around in any competition. And when you have an event to buzz the spellings of words, it is even the more joyful.</p>.<p>The Spell Bee competition by Deccan Herald in Education (DHiE) at Bal Bhavan on Wednesday gave exactly this experience.</p>.<p>Ace master Arul Mani, English professor, St Joseph's College and also the vice president of The Karnataka Quiz Association set the content for the contest and also compered the event.</p>.<p>The competition had a common preliminary questionnaire for both the junior and senior category.</p>.<p>It was split into four sections — Checking the spellings for errors; Kangaroo words, where each word had a synonym hidden among its letters; Anagrams, rearrangement of words with the clue given; and Recognition, providing the words that match the pictures shown on screen.</p>.<p>"Compared to the last three years, this year, I had set a bit tough the questions. Despite the difficulty level, the response has been very good," said Professor Arul Mani.</p>.<p>"Kids are ready to try spell bee in the new form, which was a problem-solving pattern than to spell difficult words. They seem to enjoy it this way. The audience was also able to answer all the questions," Mani added.</p>.<p>In the written round, there was a stiff competition leading to ties among the kids fording the judges to have nine students each in the senior and junior category instead of eight to the finals.</p>.<p>"I enjoyed it. Even if I would not have got the prize, I would still enjoy it as I love challenges," said Anushree.</p>.<p>"It is the first time I am in a spell bee competition. When I first entered the hall, I was nervous as I am crowd sick. My friends had belief in me. Since I managed the first round, I got my confidence back, and that is the only reason I won the second prize as well," said Mrinalini.</p>.<p>" I have attended many spell bee competition. But I loved this one as it had questions on Biology. It was not just about spellings, it also gave work to our brain," said Gauri, another student.</p>.<p>The students were more content as it helped them to broaden the horizon and perspective towards approaching an event like this.</p>
<p>It is always encouraging to see students bustling around in any competition. And when you have an event to buzz the spellings of words, it is even the more joyful.</p>.<p>The Spell Bee competition by Deccan Herald in Education (DHiE) at Bal Bhavan on Wednesday gave exactly this experience.</p>.<p>Ace master Arul Mani, English professor, St Joseph's College and also the vice president of The Karnataka Quiz Association set the content for the contest and also compered the event.</p>.<p>The competition had a common preliminary questionnaire for both the junior and senior category.</p>.<p>It was split into four sections — Checking the spellings for errors; Kangaroo words, where each word had a synonym hidden among its letters; Anagrams, rearrangement of words with the clue given; and Recognition, providing the words that match the pictures shown on screen.</p>.<p>"Compared to the last three years, this year, I had set a bit tough the questions. Despite the difficulty level, the response has been very good," said Professor Arul Mani.</p>.<p>"Kids are ready to try spell bee in the new form, which was a problem-solving pattern than to spell difficult words. They seem to enjoy it this way. The audience was also able to answer all the questions," Mani added.</p>.<p>In the written round, there was a stiff competition leading to ties among the kids fording the judges to have nine students each in the senior and junior category instead of eight to the finals.</p>.<p>"I enjoyed it. Even if I would not have got the prize, I would still enjoy it as I love challenges," said Anushree.</p>.<p>"It is the first time I am in a spell bee competition. When I first entered the hall, I was nervous as I am crowd sick. My friends had belief in me. Since I managed the first round, I got my confidence back, and that is the only reason I won the second prize as well," said Mrinalini.</p>.<p>" I have attended many spell bee competition. But I loved this one as it had questions on Biology. It was not just about spellings, it also gave work to our brain," said Gauri, another student.</p>.<p>The students were more content as it helped them to broaden the horizon and perspective towards approaching an event like this.</p>