The submitted entries will be evaluated for creativity, imagination, originality of tone and style, and will be adjudged by an expert panel of jury.Ģ7 winners will be awarded at the national level with trophies, certificates and exciting prizes. The Asia leg of the competition will have students from countries such as Pakistan, China, Hong-Kong and Malaysia.Īccording to the format, the participating students will be required to read one of the Oxford Supplementary Readers and participate in different activities based on their age level – the activity could include designing a book jacket, creative story writing or writing book reviews.Īs per the competition rules, the schools will send shortlisted entries to Oxford University Press India by February 20th for the final selection of the winning entries. The national winners for the competition will be announced by March 30th, 2019 and winning entries will be eligible to participate at the Asia level, the winners of which will be announced by July 31st, 2019. The Oxford Big Read competition will be organized for schools across India, and students can participate in three categories – Level 1 (classes 1 to 3), Level 2 (classes 4-6) and Level 3 (classes 7-9). OBR is different from other reading competitions as it requires students to participate in activities based on their age – the activities include designing book jackets, creative story writing and writing book reviews among others. Oxford Big Read is a reading competition for primary and secondary school students that aims to motivate them to improve their English reading skills, creativity and original thinking. The second runners-up of each level will be awarded a Certificate and a Gift Voucher worth Rs 10,000 by OUP and a Gift Hamper sponsored by Dayfresh.Oxford University Press (OUP) today announced the launch of ‘Oxford Big Read’ in India. The first runners-up of each level will be awarded a Certificate and a Gift Voucher worth Rs 15,000 by OUP, an IPad sponsored by Lifebuoy, and a Gift Hamper sponsored by Dayfresh. The winners of each level will be awarded a Certificate and a Gift Voucher worth Rs 25,000 by OUP, a Laptop sponsored by Engro Foods, and a Gift Hamper sponsored by Dayfresh. The second runners-up are: at Level 1, Muhammad Hafeez of Habib Public School, Karachi at Level 2, Ammar Mansur Khan of Siddeeq Public School, Rawalpindi and at Level 3, Manal Tahir of Army Burn Hall School and College, Abbottabad. Ali Khurshid of Fazaia education System School, Islamabad Ali Haider Butt of Society Public School, Mughalpura/Harbanspura, Lahore, of Level 2 and Dua Ghori of The academy, Karachi, of Level 3. The reviews were evaluated by a distinguished panel of jury comprising educationists, academics, and authors of children's books.Īt Level 1, Mir Shaigaan Hussain of Winnington School, Khewra, is the national winner at Level 2, the national winner is Syeda Maria Bukhari of Generation's School, Karachi and the national winner at Level 3 is Anosha Umer of Lahore Grammar School, Faisalabad. The book reviews were first judged on the regional level and the finalists then competed at the national level. The entries were received from three different levels: Level 1 (Classes 1-3), Level 2 (Classes 4-6), and Level 3 (Classes 7-9). Now in its second year, the reading contest, aimed at Primary and secondary school students, received an overwhelming response in the form of around 4,000 entries.Ĥ50 schools from 30 different cities of Pakistan participated in the competition. Students who participated in the competition were required to read Oxford books and write reviews on them. KARACHI, March 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 01st Mar, 2017 ) : Oxford University Press (OUP) here on Wednesday announced the Names of the national winners of the second Oxford Big Read (OBR) competition, a highly successful reading programme launched by OUP in 2015 in schools across Pakistan.Īn official of OUP Pakistan said that the idea behind this first-of-its-kind project is to introduce schoolchildren to quality reading materials and to inculcate in them a life-long love of reading, leading to appreciation of the written word, and better learning and critical thinking skills.
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