{"id":30496,"date":"2025-09-22T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=30496"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:29:09","slug":"uba-foundation-national-essay-competition-2025-for-senior-secondary-school-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/uba-foundation-national-essay-competition-2025-for-senior-secondary-school-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA Foundation National Essay Competition 2025 for Senior Secondary School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The UBA Foundation has announced the launch of the 2025 edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC), a flagship program dedicated to fostering literacy, critical thinking, and cultural awareness among senior secondary school students in Nigeria and across Africa. Over the years, the competition has remained a powerful platform for young people to share their ideas, showcase their creativity, and make meaningful contributions to national development through writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Essay Theme<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria is characterised by diverse cultures, ethnicities, and religions. How can young Nigerians deploy diversity to build a united nation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awards and Acknowledgment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition provides generous educational grants to the top three winners, supporting their pursuit of higher education at any university within Africa. The prize distribution is outlined as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Winner: \u20a610,000,000 educational grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First Runner-up: \u20a67,500,000 educational grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Runner-up: \u20a65,000,000 educational grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consolation Prizes: Additional rewards will be given to other exceptional participants in recognition of their efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These awards are intended to encourage academic growth while recognizing outstanding creativity, critical thinking, and excellence in written expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Application Requirements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To be eligible for participation, candidates are required to fulfill the following criteria:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must be a senior secondary school student in Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete the official application form through the competition portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submit a handwritten essay with a maximum of 750 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload a recent passport-sized photograph<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide a scanned copy of a valid identification document (Birth Certificate, National ID, or International Passport)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that omission of the above listed documents document could lead to disqualification from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Entry Guidelines<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible students are required to complete their applications via the official competition portal at: <strong>ubagroup.com\/uba-foundation\/national-essay-competition\/<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Application Deadline<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>17th October, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UBA Foundation has announced the launch of the 2025 edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC), a flagship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[53,49,45,29],"tags":[55,64],"class_list":["post-30496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competition","category-education","category-latest-news","category-top-stories","tag-education","tag-student"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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