The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 13th edition of its annual Essay Competition. The NSE Essay Competition, themed “Building a Sustainable Capital Market”, is one of the Exchange’s financial literacy and inclusion initiatives aimed at building a financially savvy generation.
Topic
Understanding the activities of the Nigerian capital market is important for today’s youth. Discuss
Organizer
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)
Prizes
1st Prize
Student: N300,000 worth of shares; N400,000 scholarship fund for university education; Tablet
School: Trophy; Three PCs and a printer
2nd Prize
Student: N200,000 worth of shares; N300,000 scholarship fund for university education; Tablet
School: Trophy; Two PCs and a printer
3rd Prize
Student: N100,000 worth of shares; N200,000 scholarship fund for university education; Tablet
School: Trophy; PC and a printer
Deadline
3 November, 2014
Guidelines
- Click here to download the 2014 Essay Competition form
- Send your completed entry form/essay via e-mail to essay@nse.com.ng
- The Competition is open to only students in Senior Secondary Schools
- Entrants must submit essay on the competitions entry form and complete all the mandatory fields.
- The maximum word-counts are 1000 words
- Entries will be disqualified if they fail to meet these requirements
- Entries must be the original work of the writer. This does not rule out input or assistance from others
- Entrants are encouraged to be creative in their response to the topic
- Award-winning entrants are expected to show originality, focus on topic and competent use of English as a written language. This includes correct spelling, a good standard of punctuation and neat presentation
Inquiries
Shoot your queries to essay@nse.com.ng
Announcer
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I will be glad to be part of the competition.
I have developed great skill in writting, I believe, I have the previlege to win.
How would I be part of these!
Hello sir, when will your pen money master class come up again?
It should be open by next month, God willing.
I wanted to downloaded the entry form,but i couldn’t.