Wordsmith and Tunas Pujangga 2008
The Sekhar Foundation-EduSmith National Essay writing
competition is over. The competition was was held on the 11th of October.
A total of six hundred and fifty five students competed for the 'Tunas Pujangga' and 'Wordsmith' titles.
The paper evaluation process is in progress and it is being done by experts and scholars from the British Council
and Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. The results are expected to be announced in the first week of November 2008.
Winners will be informed personally and the winners list will be uploaded in this section.
The competiton was held as follows:
C1 - SELANGOR & KUALA LUMPUR
VENUE: APIIT & UCTI BUKIT JALI,
SPEAKERS: (TP): PN MAHAYA
(WS): MR. JOSEPH GOMEZ
TUNAS PUJANGGA : 64 STUDENTS
WORDSMITH : 84 STUDENTS
WILD CARD ENTRY : 23 STUDENTS
TOTAL PARTICIPATIONS: 171 STUDENTS
C2 - NEGERI SEMBILAN & MELAKA
SPEAKER: (TP): TUAN HAJI SALEHUDIN, (WS): MR. VENUGOPALAN NAIR
TUNAS PUJANGGA : 108 STUDENTS
WORDSMITH : 104 STUDENTS
WILD CARD ENTRY : 6 STUDENTS
TOTAL PARTICIPATIONS: 218 STUDENTS
NORTH - PERAK / KEDAH / PENANG
VENUE: USM PENANG
SPEAKER: (TP): EN. MOHD SALLEH,
(WS): DR KULANDASAMY RAJA GOPAL
TUNAS PUJANGGA : 75 STUDENTS
WORDSMITH : 51 STUDENTS
TOTAL PARTICIPATIONS: 126 STUDENTS
SOUTH - JOHOR
VENUE: DEWAN SRI TEBRAU, JOHOR BAHRU
SPEAKER: (TP): EN. UJANG,
(WS): MRS JOHANA ABU BAKAR
TUNAS PUJANGGA : 64 STUDENTS
WORDSMITH : 71 STUDENTS
WILD CARD ENTRY : 5 STUDENTS
TOTAL PARTICIPATIONS: 140 STUDENTS
A total of 655 students have participated in the competition from all over Malaysia