NSE 13th Annual Essay Competition and Scholarship 2014

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.

NSE 13th Annual Essay Competition and Scholarship 2014

Essay Topic: 
“Understanding the activities of the Nigerian capital market is important for today’s youth”. Discuss

ELIGIBILITY:
The Competition is open to only students in Senior Secondary Schools

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1] The Competition is open to only students in Senior Secondary Schools

2]  Entries must be written in English and be the original work of the writer

3]  Entrants must submit essay on the competitions entry form and complete all the mandatory fields.

4] maximum word-counts are 1000 words

5] Entries will be disqu​alified if they fail to meet these requirements
Full rules and regulations can be found here

PRIZE:
1st Place and school award
*N300,000 worth of shares
*N400,000 scholarship fund for university education
* Tablet
School: *Trophy
* Three PCs and a printer

2nd place and school award
*N200,000 worth of shares
*N300,000 scholarship fund for university education
* Tablet
School: *Trophy
* Two PCs and a printer

3rd pace and school award
*N100,000 worth of shares
*N200,000 scholarship fund for university education
* Tablet
School: *Trophy
* PC and a printer

Consolation Prizes for 7 National Winners:  Certificate of Accomplishment and Mini Laptop

HOW TO APPLY: 

1] Interested and qualified applicants should: Download the Application Entry Form

2]  Send your completed entry form/essay via e-mail to [email protected] or submit your essay online at www.facebook.com/TheNigerianStockExchange. You can also send your completed entry form/essay​ through any of their branches. 

Application Deadline : November 3, 2014