What is Big Read Global?

Oxford Big Read Global is a reading competition for primary and secondary school students in India. Students who participate in the competition will be required to read Oxford University Press (OUP) Readers and do different age-wise activities based on the levels they belong to. Shortlisted students will be decided by their respective schools, and their entries will have to be sent to OUP offices/OUP email ID for the final selection.

They can also read books from Oxford Reading Buddy, free trial of which will be provided to interested schools to participate in the competition.

Who can participate?

All students from classes 1-9, studying in schools of India, can join the Oxford Big Read Global competition. All entries must be submitted through the class teacher of each class and the school. Each class will participate according to its level category. 

What are the levels?

No individual applications from parents/students will be accepted.
The use of artificial intelligence or similar tools or technologies (collectively “AI”) in the creation of an entry shall not be permitted. Oxford reserves the right to check each entry for plagiarism and/or use of AI and Oxford may disqualify any entry which it determines, in its sole discretion, not to be original.

When it happens?

Schools can get in touch with OUP for an exclusive one-month free trial of Oxford Reading Buddy for 100 students of classes 3-6, who can then access hundreds of eBooks (both fiction and non-fiction) to participate in the competition. Click here: Expression of Interest