Eligibility

PSB Regional Championship

1. The Pakistan Spelling Bee (PSB) Regional Championships will be held in multiple cities across Pakistan.
2. Major cities like Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad may have multiple regions (Region 1, Region 2 etc.), where regional championships will be held.
3. Regional Championships will have three rounds (Rounds 1, 2 and 3), which will be held at the same regional center on the same day.
4. Teams will compete within their grade category. That is, a Grade 5 team will only compete with other Grade 5 teams.
5. After Round 2, the top 3 teams from each grade, with a minimum cumulative score of 16, will qualify for Round 3 (See Competition Rules).
6. Each team will be asked the spelling of 10 (ten) words per round. In addition to the words from the official word lists, students will also be asked the spellings of words from a hidden list.
7. In both Rounds 1 and 2 of the PSB Regional Championships, 7 (seven) words will be from the official list, and 3 (three) words from the hidden list.
8. In Round 3 of the PSB Regional Championships, every third word will be from the hidden list.
9. In the event of a tie between teams, the teams having the tie will play a round of SpellTok, a word game (for the English language competition), and Hijjay, a word game (for the Urdu language competition), to determine the winner. If the tie remains, more rounds will be played until the tie is resolved.
10. The score of the tie breaker round(s) will not be counted towards a team's cumulative score.
11. In Round 3 of the PSB Regional Championship, the top 3 teams from each grade will compete for first, second and third place in front of an audience, and will receive certificates and medals as follows:

    PSB Regional Championship
    Position	Award
    Round 3 Winner (1st place)	Certificate and gold medal
    Round 3 Winner (2nd place)	Certificate and silver medal
    Round 3 Winner (3rd place)	Certificate and bronze medal

12. All PSB Regional Championship winners (gold, silver and bronze medalists) are eligible to participate in the Pakistan Spelling Bee National Championship upon the payment of a separate registration fee. The Pakistan Spelling Bee administration may, at its discretion, reduce or waive the fee for students from underserved schools and deserving individuals on a case-by-case basis.

Schools

School Branch Registration Fee: None

School Team Fee (For teams representing a school registered with PSB): PKR 4,000 (per team)
Max. 2 members per team

Individuals

Individual Participant Fee (For participants not representing a school and home-schoolers): PKR 4,000 (per individual)

All participants will receive a digital Participation Certificate.

1. All PSB Regional Championship winners (gold, silver and bronze medalists) are eligible to participate in the PSB National Championship.
2. The National Championship will have three rounds: Rounds 1, 2, and the Champions' Round.
3. The score from regional championship rounds will not be considered in the PSB National Championship.
4. In both Rounds 1 and 2 of the PSB National Championship, 4 (four) words will be from the official list, and 6 (six) words from the hidden list.
5. After Round 2, the top 3 teams from each grade, with a minimum cumulative score of 16, will qualify for the Champions' Round (See Competition Rules).
6. In the event of a tie between teams, the teams having the tie will play a round of SpellTok word game (for English language competition) and Hijjay word game (for Urdu language competition) to determine the winner. If the tie remains, more rounds will be played until the tie is resolved.
7. In the Champions' Round of the PSB Regional Championships, every third word will be from the hidden list.
8. In the Champions' Round, the top 3 teams from each grade will compete for first, second and third place in front of an audience, and will receive cash prizes, certificates, medals, and trophies as follows:

   PSB National Championship
   Position	Award
   Champions' Round (1st place)	PKR 50K cash prize, trophy, certificate, and Gold medal
   Champions' Round (2nd place)	PKR 25K cash prize, shield, certificate, and Silver medal
   Champions' Round (3rd place)	PKR 15K cash prize, shield, certificate, and Bronze medal

9. The cash prize will be received by the school representative through a cash cheque. The school is responsible for cashing the cheque and distributing the amount equally, and without deductions of any kind, between the team members who took part in the PSB National Championship. Pakistan Spelling Bee or its organizer will not be responsible for lost or stolen cheques.