The 20th national NJ Spelling Bee 2017 winner, Suankularb Wittayalai School student Pittayuth Yoosiri, centre, poses for the camera along with runners-up during the event’s final round at Pathum Thani’s Rangsit University on Saturday. The NJ Spelling Bee 2017 started in June with more than 20,000 students from across the country participating in online rounds. The 50 competitors with the highest scores participated in the second round “Write It Right” in which competitors wrote words on paper, with misspellings ending in disqualification. The NJ Spelling Bee, which has been organised for two decades now, has grown in popularity as demonstrated by the increasing number of participants each year. Nation Multimedia Group in collaboration with NJ Digital, the Embassy of the United States and F&N Magnolia Plus Ginkgo jointly organises the NJ Spelling Bee to encourage young people to learn English vocabulary.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 12, 2017 18:00 UTC