Coal city University (CCU) a not-for-profit private university is now accepting entries from Nigeria secondary school students for it’s 2022 Essay Contest. The deadline for the submission of entries for CCU Essay Contest is July 15, 2022
This annual essay contest is held to raise awareness of current global issues among the young population. It also aims to encourage young minds’ initiative and creative thinking abilities in the direction of sustainable development. Furthermore, the essay contest aims to teach society from the perspectives of young people and to recognise that it is our collective responsibility to address these issues.
The climate impacts on the health and well being of people, including their mental balance, psychological comfort and mood. Climate change threatens the essential ingredients of health such as clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food supply and safe shelter. It also has the potential to undermine decades of progress in global health (WHO).This, saving the climate is an urgent task in which everyone has a role to play
Your essay should answer the following questions:
“What are you doing to help save the Climate”?
“What can you do to help save the climate”?
“Are you doing anything consciously to make a difference”?
The following awards would be given to shortlisted students as follows:
1st Prize: Certificate, prize of 500,000 naira Cash or Full tuition fee scholarship in Coal City University for any course of your choice.
2nd Prize: Certificate, prize of 250,000 naira
3rd Prize: Certificate, prize of 150,000 naira
All Shortlisted Students : Certificates and Consolation prizes.
Additional Awards (Best School Award, School Incentive Award) will be given if applicable.
Additional Information:
All shortlisted winners will be invited to Coal City University, Enugu for an award ceremony.
All shortlisted winners will be announced on July 22, 2022 via the website ccu.edu.ng. They will also receive an SMS.
The essay may be submitted by anyone in a Senior Secondary School (SS1-SS3).
The essay should be between 700-1000 words and must be typed, with the title and name of the author written at the top of the page. (Your name and title of the essay are not included in the word count limit).
There are no particular rules regarding formatting (font style, size, line space, etc.).
Essay must be original, as plagiarised submissions will be rejected.
Co-authored essays will not be accepted.
Copyright of the essays entered will be assigned to the organizer.
Interested candidate who meet the criteria listed above should submit their entries by clicking on the “SUBMIT” button below:
Deadline
Entries must be received by July 15, 2022 (11.59pm WAT)