Deadline: December 31 2020
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Nigeria and the 60th anniversary of LAP in Nigeria, LAP is organising a national essay competition. The theme for the essay competition is “Building the Nigeria of my dreams”, which is in line with LAP’s nation building initiative, to promote patriotism and corporate citizenship.
The competition is broken down into two categories. The Junior Category and the Intermediate Category. The length of the essay shall not exceed 500 words (+/- 10%) for the Junior Category and 750 words (+/- 10%) for the Intermediate Category.
The 20 top participants will be selected on 26th January 2021. They will be required to do a video presentation of their respective essays from 2nd February, 2021 to 3rd February, 2021.
WORTH
- The first, second and third overall winners for each category will receive cash prizes of N1,500,000.00, N1,000,000.00 and N750,000.00 respectively, as well as books, branded school accessories such as school bags, water bottles, flasks and educational tablets, pre-loaded with educational content.
- The top winners for each category will also receive a desktop computer system each for their schools with complete accessories.
- Consolation prizes of N200, 000.00 each will be given to the authors of 2 good essays from each category. They will also receive books, branded school accessories such as school bags, water bottles and flasks.
- The cash prizes shall be held in trust for the winners and shall be strictly utilized for their educational needs. The prizes are not transferable and no part or parts of the prizes may be substituted for other benefits, items or additions.
ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to:
- pupils of public primary schools who are between the ages of 9 to 13 years, for the Junior Category of the competition, and
- students of public junior secondary schools who are between the ages of 9 to 13 years for the Intermediate Category of the competition.
- The children of LAP employees are not be allowed to participate.
- Each participant is allowed to submit only one entry. Any participant who submits multiple entries will be disqualified.
For more information visit the official webpage of Lafarge Africa National Essay Competition 2021
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