MTN mPulse Spelling Bee is a spelling competition being organized by MTN Nigeria for students between the ages of 9 and 15 who are on the mPulse tariff plan. The competition comprises 3 rounds:

• 1^st round with 10 spelling questions to be held on mpulse.mtn.ng. Each spelling question needs to be answered in 25 seconds.
• 2^nd round with 20 spelling questions to be held on mpulse.mtn.ng for only shortlisted students from the 1^st Round. Each spelling question needs to be answered in 20 seconds.
• Grand finale to be held on-ground in Lagos and streamed on mpulse.mtn.ng

Oh yes! There are over N24 million worth of prizes and more for student winners, their teachers and school.

We are aware students don’t do it alone, there is always a teacher supporting them along the way. The reward for teacher is to appreciate the teacher who helped you to prepare for this competition. To be eligible for the award, the teacher must be currently teaching at a primary or secondary school in Nigeria. All students who get to the grand finale will be required to provide the details of the teacher who assisted them in preparation before the grand finale.

Unfortunately, No. The school you are currently a student of will be awarded the school prize if you win.

Glad you asked.

• First, sign up as a student on mpulse.mtn.ng
• Click on the Spelling Bee banner on the home page or your student dashboard.
• Click on the Play button to display the practice test. You can take this as many times as you like.
• Clicking the Play button will display a practice test which you can take as often as you like
• When you are ready, proceed to take the actual quiz. Click “Take Quiz” to participate in Round 1/Entry Stage
• You can only take the Quiz once. So, make sure you are ready.

• There will be 10 spelling questions. Each question will have the definition of the word and the origin of the word. When you click the Play button, an audio of the word will be played to you. You have 20 seconds to answer each question.
• As soon as you complete the round, you will get your result. From there you can see which words you spelt correctly and the correct spellings of the ones you didn’t get.
• Note that you can only take the quiz in one sitting, so make sure to put in your best and have no distractions.
• Also note that the quiz cannot be retaken, so ensure your network and device are fine before you start the test.

Congratulations on completing the first round. We will review the scores of all participants and if you are among the top 1,000 students with the highest scores, you will be invited to the 2^nd round of the competition. Otherwise, you won’t receive any further communication from us.

Whoop! Whoop!! Congratulations on making it to the top 1,000. This is a great feat and you should be super-proud of yourself. You will participate in this round, the same way you did the first. But you need to use the same student login you used for the first round, otherwise you won’t be able to participate in the 2^nd round.

However, for this round, there will be 20 spelling questions. Each question will have the definition of the word and origin of the word. When you click the Play button, an audio of the word will be played to you. You have 20 seconds to answer each question so speed and accuracy are very important here, and you can only take the quiz once.

Also, expect tougher words than the ones you got in the first round. And remember you can only take the 2^nd round just once, so make sure your Internet works fine and there are no distractions when you take the quiz.

Yes, this can happen. We will be selecting the top 1,000 students with highest scores based on earliest time achieved. Thus, if your friend completed the quiz before you, even though you got the same score, they will rank ahead of you because they submitted first. So, make sure you take the quiz as early as possible because it’s first come first …. shortlisted ?

It is also possible that we found out that you took the quiz more than once using a different number or found cheating in another way. This will automatically disqualify you from the competition.

If you are among the top 20 students with highest scores, we will ask you to send us your official birth certificate or other official documents that can verify your age like: International Passport, NIMC card, etc. Otherwise, there will be no further communication from us.

If your age is verified, you will be invited for the grand finale for a chance to win a whooping N2,500,000 grand prize and other amazing prizes. How cool is that?

Apart from feeling like a super-fly spelling whiz (as you should, you’ve earned it!), the grand finale will be held on-ground in Lagos and streamed on mpulse.mtn.ng

Then practice tougher spelling words, because this round will be much tougher than the first 2 rounds.

Are those jitters we hear? You shouldn’t be jittery… you’ve already scaled the first 2 rounds like they were nothing. You have practiced well. You’ve got this!

The grand finale will be in a round-robin elimination format. You will each be asked to spell different words one after the other. The quiz master will call out each word with the definition, part of speech it belongs to and sentence example. Each student will be given a specific amount of time to spell out the word after that. An incorrect spelling by a student eliminates the student from the competition. This will continue until we have the last student standing who will be declared the winner of the competition.

The grand finale may last several hours, so eat and sleep well before then. There will also be break times to allow students stretch.

Oh yes, you can. The grand finale will be broadcasted live on mpulse.mtn.ng

You will be able to stream the proceedings, cheer your friend(s) or sibling(s) who are participating on, and also win audience prizes. Details will be on the mPulse website so watch out for that.

Have any other question you need answered? Shoot us an email at mtn.mpulse@mtn.com. Goodluck & all the best!