2013 Youth Support Counselling Consult National Essay Competition

Started by nReporter, Feb 25, 2013, 05:01 PM

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This essay competition presented by Youth Support Counselling Consult aims to celebrate and nurture the creative talents of young writers from secondary schools across Nigeria by providing a platform for students to compete with their peers.

Youth Support Counselling Consult - YSCC's mission is to empower youths by providing Guidance, Counselling, Information and access to Education for Nigerian youths. YSCC also provides counselling consultation services to academic institutions and youth organizations.


Topic: Is the Internet a Blessing, or a Curse for the Millennial Generation?

Eligibility:
•   Participation is free of all charges and is open to secondary school students in Year 11 or 12 (SS2 or SS3).
•   To be eligible, entries must be original works of prose, between 1,000 to 2,000 words in length.

Rules Or Guidelines:
•   Each entrant may submit only one essay.
•   All entries must be original works by student submitting the essay. Entries may not have been previously published in professional media.
•   All entries are final. No revisions are accepted.
•   Entries must be submitted in electronic format; as an email attachment in  a double-spaced MS Word document with numbered pages. Please note that all other formats will be disqualified.
•   Each entry must have a cover page with the authors name, full mailing address, telephone number and email address. Every subsequent page must carry the student's name and page number.

PRIZES

Winners of the 2013 National Essay Competition will be awarded the following prizes. Please note that prizes will be awarded to winners, as well as, schools attended by the winner.

1st  Prize: All-Expense-paid tour of top UK Universities for 1st place winner plus 4 laptop computers to be presented to the IT lab  of secondary school attended by winner

2nd Prize: All-Expense-paid tour of top UK Universities for 2nd place winner plus 3 laptop computers to be presented to the IT lab  of secondary school attended by winner

3rd Prize: All-Expense-paid tour of top UK Universities for 3rd place winner plus 2 laptop computers to be presented to the IT lab  of secondary school attended by winner

4th Prize: All-Expense-paid tour of top UK Universities for 4th place winner plus 1 laptop computer to be presented to the IT lab  of secondary school attended by winner

5th Prize: All-Expense-paid tour of top UK Universities for 5th place winner

How To Participate:
Entries must be submitted in electronic format; as an email attachment in  a double-spaced MS Word document with numbered pages to: entries@nationalessaycompetition.com

Please note that all other formats will be disqualified.

Prize or Award Presentation Ceremony
Venue: Apa Hall, Eko Hotel & Suites. Victoria Island, Lagos
Date: 18th April 2013
Time: 10 am

Parents and school administrators are encouraged to attend event with winners to receive the prize to be awarded to winners school.

Winners will be individually notified of the results by email or telephone.

Entries Closing Date: 31st of March 2013

For further enquiries please contact entries@nationalessaycompetition.com or call 018962680, 070429325045