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Apply For the 10th UBA National Essay Competition For Secondary Schools.

 

It’s the 10th edition of the annual @ubafoundation #UBANEC

This year, the program has been amended to adhere to the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. A digital submission platform has been created to enable students in Nigeria apply from the comfort of their homes. We have also increased the prize money by 33%!!!

We are officially calling for entries for the #NEC2020! Tell your friends, students, children or wards to submit an essay and stand a chance to win a scholarship to the University!!!

Essay Topic:
Do you think that the lock down during theCovid-19 pandemic was an essential measure in
spite of the hardship it brought economically? What would you have done differently and why?”

Eligible Countries
Nigeria

Selection Criteria and Eligibility
*Be a Secondary School Student
*Must submit a handwritten essay (750 words MAX)
*Must submit a passport photograph
*Must submit a copy of a birth certificate, National ID or passport

Selection procedure:

*Entries received for the competition will be reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges made up of professors from reputable Nigerian Universities, who will then shortlist 12 essays for further assessement.
*Following this, a second round of competition will involve the 12 finalists who will write a second supervised essay from which three best essays will be selected as the overall winners from the 12 finalists emerged from the first round of the competition

How to Apply:
*Applicant must submit their completed contact information (Name, Age, School, Address of school, Telephone Number, Residential Address and Email Address).
*Applicants must attach photocopies of their original birth certificates or international passport data page.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY 

or Post to
UBA Foundation
UBA House (15th Floor)
57, Marina
Lagos State

or Drop-Off at any UBA Business Office in Nigeria for onward delivery to UBA Foundation.

ENTRIES CLOSE 2ND OCTOBER, 2020.

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