A training workshop for stakeholders of the Ministry of Education was held on the 14th of February 2011 at Education Development Centre meeting room. The objective of the workshop is to introduce the use of child friendly quality indicators for stakeholders of the Ministry of Education. Participants from EDC, FE, ESQID and Planning Section attended the training.
With the commencement of the academic year, students are exposed to various subjects that they need to learn. A fresh new syllabus, a fresh new outlook, a fresh new challenge awaits you. Prepare yourself to overcome all the obstacles that you may come across in your academics for that academic year.
We wish all the teaching staff, the auxiliary personnel and the students, a serene and fruitful path in a spirit of reciprocal esteem and collaboration.
| Subject | Date | Day | Time |
| Islam / gr 7 | 18th October 2009 | Sunday | 9.00-11.00 am |
| Dhivehi / gr 7 | 20th October 2009 | Tuesday | 9.000- 11.30 am |
The deadline for the final entries is before 24th September 2009. The lists of participants to be mailed to niuma@moe.gov.mv and copied to nasiha@moe.gov.mv . In the lists please include grade / class, school and index number.
The finals of the Interschool Spelling Competition will take place on the following dates. The competition will be held in Tajuddin School Hall.
Grade 9
Date: 8th October 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 10 am – 12 am
Grade 7
Date: 8th October 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Grade 5
Date: 11th October 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 10 am – 12 am
Grade 3
Date: 11th October 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Ministry of Education
DIAGNOSTIC TEST TIME TABLE 2009
GRADE 4 & 7
| Subject | Date | Day | Time |
| Islam | 18th October | Sunday | 9.am-11.am |
| Dhivehi | 20th October | Tuesday | 9.am-11.am |
In the course of developing national assessment tests for grades 4 and 7 in English and Mathematics ESQID is conducting a two-day Item-Data Review and Revision Workshop. The review committees are composed of Maldivian grade 4 and grade 7 teachers and educators who evaluate the technical quality of all the test questions that were written and piloted in September 2008. The workshop agenda is as follows:
Day 1 (Wednesday)
10:00 – 12:00 Introductory Presentation and Training:
Criteria for evaluating technical quality of test items.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break (lunch provided)
13:00 – 15:30 Work in groups:
a) Grade 4 Mathematics
b) Grade 7 Mathematics
c) Grade 4 English
d) Grade 7 English
15:30 – 16:00 Debriefing session: Questions and Answers
Day 2 (Thursday)
10:00 – 12:00 Work in groups (continued)
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break (lunch provided)
13:00 – 15:30 Work in groups (continued)
15:30 – 16:00 Closing session: Questions/Answers and planning further work
During the sessions in grade/subject groups the participants reviewed and discussed the quality of each item (one by one) from two perspectives:
a) Content: How good is alignment of the item with national curriculum
b) Statistical: How good is technical quality of the item based on the statistical criteria (given during the training sessions)
The decisions about items are three-fold:
· Accept As Is,
· Accept With Revisions, or
· Reject.
The items that are evaluated as “Accept with revisions” will be immediately revised based on committee suggestions. The work of this committee will ensure high technical quality of items that will be used for assembling national assessments for English and Mathematics in grades 4 and 7.
a) First Round – 2nd August, 2009.
b) MOE will prepare a 45 min written exercise and the schools will conduct and correct the exercise. It is advised that teachers include such types of exercises in other English lessons. All students will sit the second round.
B) SECOND ROUND – AUGUST 18TH (TUESDAY), 2009.
MOE WILL PREPARE A 45 MIN WRITTEN EXERCISE AND THE SCHOOLS WILL CONDUCT AND CORRECT THE EXERCISE.
Teachers to take the average of both rounds and then select the best thirty from each grade.
c) Third Round – September 06th – 10th , 2009. Schools will conduct written and oral exercises of their own from their own lists. They will select the best five students from each grade and inform their names and particulars to the Ministry of Education, Male’ Zone.
DEADLINE FOR FINAL ENTRIES – SEPTEMBER 17th 2009
d) FINAL ROUND - SECONDARY- September 29th, (Tue) 2009
e) FINAL ROUND - PRIMARY- October 01st,(Thu) 2009
Schools
The competition will be conducted for grades 3, 5, 7 and 9 of Male’ Government schools during the months of August to October 2009
a) Primary – (Iskandhar / Jamaluddin / Tajuddin / Kalaafaanu / Ghiyasuddin / Imaduddin / Muhyddin / Ghaazee / Arabiyya)
b) Secondary – (Aminiya / Majeediyya / Dharumavantha / Muhyddin / Ghaazee / Arabiyya,Hiriya School
Please contact: Niuma and Nilfa for more information (3341212, 3341208)
INTERSCHOOL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION
(MALE ZONE)
A Joint Competition of ESQID and MALE’ ZONE of the
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
August - October, 2009
SPELLING COMPETITION ( Dates Revised)
a) First Round – 2nd August , 2009 . MOE will prepare a 45 min written exercise and the schools will conduct and correct the exercise. It is advised that teachers include such types of exercises in other English lessons. All students will sit the second round.
b) Second Round – August 17th, 2009. MOE will prepare a 45 min written exercise and the schools will conduct and correct the exercise. Teachers to take the average of both rounds and then select the best thirty from each grade.
c)Third Round – September 06th – 10th , 2009. Schools will conduct written and oral exercises of their own from their own lists . They will select the best five students from each grade and inform their names and particulars to the Ministry of Education, Male’ Zone.
DEADLINE FOR FINAL ENTRIES – SEPTEMBER 17th 2009
d) FINAL ROUND - SECONDARY- September 29th, (Tue) 2009
e) FINAL ROUND - PRIMARY- October 01st,(Thu) 2009
INTERSCHOOL SPELLING BEE COMPETITION
(MALE ZONE)
A Joint Competition of ESQID and MALE’ ZONE of the
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Coordinated by: EDC
August - October, 2009
CONTESTANT RULES AND RELEVANT INFORMATION
1- Eligibility:
All students in Male’ government schools who are in grades 3,5,7 and 9
2-Format:
The competition is conducted in four rounds: preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals and the finals
a) The preliminaries (first round) consist of a 25 multiple choice test. The Ministry of Education will prepare the test and the schools will conduct and mark the test. Half the students in the grade regardless of the score proceeds to the quarterfinals (second round)
b) The quarterfinals (second round) consist of a 25 – item multiple choice test and one oral round. The Ministry of Education will prepare the test and the schools will conduct and mark the test. In the oral round students are given a word to spell and students can ask for the definition, or pronunciations from the judge. The school will then choose the best ten students from the grade who will proceed to the semifinal round.
c) The semifinals (third round) consist of rounds of oral spelling (minimum All ten students will be included in the third round. All students will spell one word in each round and if a student cannot spell a word correctly, then the student is eliminated from the competition.
Unlike the previous year, this round will be conducted by the school.
In the oral rounds, students can ask for the definitions, or pronunciations from the panel of judges selected by the school. The school will then choose the best five who will proceed to the final round.
d) The finals (fourth round) consist of rounds of oral spelling.
The rounds will continue till the first place is selected.
The final round will be conducted by the Ministry of Education. In the oral rounds, the contestants can ask for the definitions or pronunciations from the judge. All contestants will spell one word in each round , and if a contestant cannot spell a word correctly, then the contestant is eliminated from the competition.
Interschool Spelling Bee, organized by ESQID and Male’ Zone, 2009
3- Official Dictionary and source of words:
The official dictionary of the competition is Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. The word list is all the words in the students’ textbooks.
However, in the final round words selected from a list developed by the Ministry of Education will be asked. This list will be developed taking into consideration the age appropriate story books that students are expected to read at that particular age.
4- Eliminations in the preliminaries and quarterfinals:
a) In the preliminaries and quarter finals, students receive one point for each word spelled correctly on the 25 - item multiple choice test. Therefore, the maximum that a student can get in this test is 25. Half the students in this grade are selected based on the points attained in this test.
b) In the quarter finals in the oral round, apart from the 25 points that can be scored on the test, 3 points are awarded for a correct spelling and zero points for an incorrect spelling. The maximum combined score that a student may achieve for spelling in the quarterfinals may vary.
5- Eliminations during the semifinals and the finals:
a) All contestants will spell one word in each round. Upon incorrectly spelling a word, the contestant is eliminated from the competition. This will continue till we select the first place.
6- Disqualifications for reasons other than clear misspelling:
a) A contestant will be disqualified when (i) the contestant refuses a request to begin spelling, (ii) the contestant engages in unsportsmanlike or inappropriate conduct, (iii) the contestant in the process of spelling, utters unintelligible or nonsense sounds (iv) seeks help from his team mates or any other.
7- Contestant activities that do not merit disqualification:
a) The judges may not disqualify a contestant for (i) failing to pronounce the word either before, or after spelling it , (ii) asking a question, (iii) for noting or failing to note the capitalization of a word.
8- Time constraints:
a) Each contestant is expected to spell familiar words without delay and to refrain from routines that employ unnecessary or repetitive questioning.
Interschool Spelling Bee, organized by the ESQID and Male’ Zone,2009
Unlike the previous year, every contestant will get fifty seconds for each word. The contestant gets the thirty seconds time period that begins when the pronouncer first pronounces the word.
9- The Pronouncer:
a) The Pronouncer strives to pronounce the words according to the phonetic markings given in the Dictionary.
b) Homonyms: If a word has one or more homonyms, the pronouncer indicates which word is to be spelled by defining the word.
c) Spellers’ requests: In the oral rounds, the pronouncer responds to the
spellers’ requests for a definition, sentence, part of speech and alternate pronunciation (s). When requested for alternate pronunciations, the pronouncer will check the Dictionary. The pronouncer will grant all such requests as long as they are in accordance with the time constraints outlined in Rule 6.
10- Dates:
a) First Round – August 2nd, 2009 . MOE will prepare a one hour written exercise and the schools will conduct and correct the exercise. It is advised that teachers include such types of exercises in other English lessons. All students will sit the second round.
b) Second Round – August 14th, 2009. MOE will prepare a one hour written exercise and the schools will conduct and correct the exercise. Teachers to take the average of both rounds and then select the best thirty from each grade.
c)Third Round – September 06th – 10th , 2009. Schools will conduct written and oral exercises of their own from their own lists . They will select the best five students from each grade and inform their names and particulars to the Ministry of Education, Male’ Zone.
DEADLINE FOR FINAL ENTRIES – SEPTEMBER 17th 2009
d) FINAL ROUND - SECONDARY- September 29th, (Tue) 2009
e) FINAL ROUND - PRIMARY- October 01st,(Thu) 2009
Interschool Spelling Bee, organized by the ESQID and Male’ Zone,2009
11- Awards
Award presentations will be held in the afternoon of October 07th , 2009
12- Categories:
a) Certificate to the best 10 students of each grade
b) Certificate and prize to the best 5 from each grade
c) Special prize to the best speller of each grade
d) Certificate to the best 5 schools
d) Certificate and cup to the best 3 schools
e) Special award to the best school
13- Venue:
The first , second and subsequent rounds will be held in the individual schools. Only the final round will be organized by the Ministry of Education and will be held in Tajuddin School.
14- Lists of words:
a) The Ministry of Education will review the lists of the previous year and will prepare their own list of words taking into consideration the grades, the texts , curriculum, and the syllabi for the following grades
Grade 3 - 200 words
Grade 5 - 400 words
Grade 7 - 600 words
Grade 9 - 800 words
15- Schools
The competition will be conducted for grades 3,5,7 and 9 of Male’ Government schools during the months of August to October 2009
a) Primary – (Iskandhar / Jamaluddin / Tajuddin / Kalaafaanu / Ghiyasuddin / Imaduddin / Muhyddin / Ghaazee / Arabiyya)
b) Secondary – (Aminiya / Majeediyya / Dharumavantha / Muhyddin / Ghaazee / Arabiyya) Hiriya School
