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Being the largest University Press, the Oxford University Press has launched ‘Oxford Big Read’ in India. Oxford Big Read is a reading competition for primary and secondary school students that aims to motivate children to improve their English Reading skills, creativity, and thinking. This competition consists of different activities for different age groups the activities include designing book jackets, creative story writing and writing book reviews among others.

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). 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 Asia leg of the competition will have students from countries such as Pakistan, China, Hong-Kong and Malaysia.

Speaking at the launch of Oxford Big Read in India, Sivaramakrishnan V, Managing Director, Oxford University Press India said: “OUP is delighted to introduce this unique global programme in India that engages young learners to read and express their imagination in a creative and fun way. This programme will help Indian students to discover their creative and literary talents and, the global nature of the competition provides them with an opportunity to compete with the very best from other geographies.”

To Prepare for the amazing competition, the 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. As per the competition rules, schools will send shortlisted entries to Oxford University Press India by no later than February 20th [oup.co.in] for final selection of the winning entries. The submitted entries will be evaluated for creativity, imagination, originality of tone and style, and will be adjudged by an expert panel of jury. A total of 27 winners will be awarded at the national level with trophies, certificates, and exciting prize.

For more information, the students can visit the official Indian webpage https://india.oup.com/oxfordbigread

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