Five proud Indian girls will represent Malaysia at the TeenEagle Global Finals at Fraterna Domus Auditorium, Rome, Italy. These girls are the only team representing Malaysia. The participants included a pair of twins, R Usheyta and R Ushana, 13, and their younger sister, R Dhaniya, 10, as well as sisters VR Sharvika, 12, and VR Thipikaa, 9. These girls will compete against 55 other countries for a week which will begin on Sunday, October 8, 2023.
They are from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Perempuan Methodist, Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Perempuan Methodist and Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) Tamil Chettiar respectively. Introducing TeenEagle Global is an international English skills competition for students from 9 to 18 years old. They organize two main competitions, 100% online events, and global finals around the world.
According to Usheyta, their has been preparing for this competition for the past year, and the last step before the finals is to win the national championship held online last December and they won the gold medal. She also added that there are 4 categories: knowledge test, writing challenge, spelling bee and public speaking.
She said they will try their best to bring home gold medals this time in each category in the finals, just like they won the national championship.
Meanwhile, PEISB chief executive Saiful Azzuan Aznam donated RM10,000 to the respective schools to fund participants’ travel throughout the finals.
Source: Sinar Harian
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