The UBA Foundation, dedicated to social responsibility through United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is kicking off the 14th annual National Essay Competition (NEC). This year, they aim to see a surge in participation from senior secondary students across Nigeria.
Excited to showcase your writing skills and win big? Submit your entries easily online through the UBA Foundation NEC digital portal at www.ubagroup.com/uba-foundation/national-essay-competition. Don’t miss this chance to promote literacy and intellectual development while potentially winning an amazing prize!
More details on the competition
The essay topic for the call for entries is “Discuss the Impact of Carbon Emission on Climate in Nigeria: Challenges and Solutions”. Students are expected to properly research, write, scan and upload their handwritten essays to the digital portal on or before November 8, 2024.
The essays will be graded by renowned English professors who will then select the best 75 entries, which will be rewarded with N75,000 cash.
A second competition will be held across four regions in Nigeria – Abuja, Enugu, Lagos and Port Harcourt where the 75 candidates will compete to be one of the 20 finalists. These 20 finalists will thereafter write a third essay where the top three will be selected.
The Foundation has also announced a substantial increase in educational grants as the first-place winner will receive N7.5 million to study at any African university of their choice, while the second and third-place winners will receive N5 million and N3.5 million, respectively.
The Chief Executive Officer, UBA Foundation, Bola Atta, who spoke ahead of the flag-off of this year’s completion, noted that despite the current global economic challenges, UBA Foundation remains steadfast in their commitment to educational excellence by significantly increasing the grant prizes this year.
Apart from the 75 best essays, the 20 finalists will go home with brand new Laptops and other educational tools to help them with their studies and other tertiary research work. Also, the teachers of the school with the highest number of entries will be rewarded.
The National Essay Competition has been rolled out in other African countries where UBA operates, in order to open up the opportunity for more African children to benefit from the educational grants.
UBA Foundation embodies the UBA Group’s CSR objectives and seeks to impact positively societies through several laudable projects and initiatives.
Through its Education pillar, the Foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of books to students across Africa under the ‘Read Africa’ initiative aimed at encouraging and promoting the reading culture in African youths.
Its National Essay Competition has also afforded the opportunity to hundreds of students to improve their lives through higher education.
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