{"id":52543,"date":"2021-09-27T19:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=52543"},"modified":"2021-09-27T19:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:44:35","slug":"uba-foundations-national-essay-competition-nec-2021-ready-to-receive-digital-applications-opens-portal-for-nec-2021-prizes-increase-in-value-by-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/uba-foundations-national-essay-competition-nec-2021-ready-to-receive-digital-applications-opens-portal-for-nec-2021-prizes-increase-in-value-by-33\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA Foundation\u2019s National Essay Competition (NEC) 2021 Ready To Receive Digital Applications, Opens Portal For NEC 2021; Prizes Increase In Value By 33%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the commencement of the 2021 edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC) in Nigeria with a call for entries.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">The National Essay Competition (NEC) is part of UBA Foundation\u2019s education initiative which is aimed at promoting\u00a0literacy\u00a0and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition amongst senior secondary school students in Nigeria and across the African continent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">This year\u2019s edition, which is its 11<sup>th<\/sup>, has been modified to ensure ease of access and the increased participation of students from Senior Secondary School across Nigeria, who can submit their entries from the comfort of their homes and schools through the UBAF NEC digital submission portal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/national-essay-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.ubagroup.com\/national-essay-competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">Like the previous year, the prizes for the NEC 2021 winners have increased in value considerably by 33%. The first prize winner will receive an educational grant of\u00a0N3 million to study at any African university of their choice, up from the N2.5 million in 2020. The second and third prizes now stand at N2.5 million and N2 million educational grants respectively. Winners of the 12 best essays will also go home with state-of-the-art Laptops to help them with their tertiary research work and other studies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">The Chief Executive Officer, UBA Foundation, Mrs. Bola Atta, said that the Foundation scaled up the prizes for the second year in a row in order to accommodate the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and also the fluctuation in the currency levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">She explained that with the digital submission portal, more students in secondary schools across the country will have the opportunity to scan and send in their entries and compete to win educational grants for study at any university of their choice on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">\u201cAt UBA Foundation, it is imperative\u00a0 that our programmes continue to impact lives in meaningful ways. We realise that the use of technologically driven initiatives is part of the modern day. We want to be able to reach the students where they are and this is mostly online. The digital portal for online submission has made it more comfortable for students to send in their applications and compete with ease. For those who do not have access to computers or data, we are going to make this competition inclusive by allowing them access to any UBA branch near them to submit their entries digitally. Every student who wishes to, will be able to enter for the NEC 2021 and stand a chance to win a fully funded University education through the UBA Foundation\u2019 said Atta.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">The essay topic for this year is:\u00a0<b><i>\u201cWhat is the role of technology in educating the African Youth?\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>All essays must be handwritten and students have up until October 29, 2021 to<b>\u00a0<\/b>upload the scanned copies of their handwritten entries as well as their IDs on the digital portal at<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/national-essay-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.ubagroup.com\/national-essay-competition<\/a>. No physical copies will be accepted this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">The submissions will be evaluated by judges who are professors from reputable Nigerian Universities. These judges select the top 12 finalists who will take home consolation prizes including personal computers. The 12\u00a0 finalists will write another supervised essay where the top three winners will be announced at the grand finale to be held on\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">November 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at UBA\u2019s head office\u00a0<\/span>in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">The UBA Foundation\u2019s National Essay Competition has been rolled out in 4 other countries where UBA operates, with plans in place to cover 19 African countries in the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">UBA Foundation embodies the UBA Group\u2019s CSR objectives and seeks to impact positively on societies through several laudable projects and initiatives. The Foundation through its Education pillar, has donated hundreds of thousands of books to students across Africa under the \u2018Read Africa\u2019 initiative aimed at encouraging and promoting the reading culture in African youths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6583937321MsoNormal\">Students can apply for the National Essay Competition 2021 at:<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubagroup.com\/national-essay-competition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.ubagroup.com\/national-essay-competition<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UBA Foundation\u2019s National Essay Competition has been rolled out in 4 other countries where UBA operates, with plans in place to cover 19 African countries in the next couple of years.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5130],"tags":[6252],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-52543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-education","tag-uba-essay-completions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UBA Foundation\u2019s National Essay Competition (NEC) 2021 Ready To Receive Digital Applications, Opens Portal For NEC 2021; 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