Citi FM’s Literacy Challenge team engaged students of the St. Paul’s Lutheran school on Monday at Kanda in Accra.
Literacy Challenge is still engaging with some students of Junior High schools, churches and Malls as part of activities for this year’s edition of the competition.
The students were engaged by the Citi FM Literacy Challenge team in a question and answer session where winners were awarded souvenirs.
The 2018 edition of the Literacy Challenge, which was launched on the 6th June 2018, will see Junior High School (JHS) students go through three different stages of the competition.
The ultimate winner in the competition will walk away with a grand cash prize of GHC 10,000.
The Literacy Challenge is a Citi FM initiative that seeks to engage students in solving societal problems through writing.
The initiative also seeks to improve students’ writing skills.
As part of the challenge, JHS students are expected to write an essay on the topic: “The year is 2035; the law allows people below forty (40) years to contest for the presidency. You are a presidential candidate in the general election. In not less than 600 words, write your manifesto speech.”
At stage two, 50 contestants across Ghana will be shortlisted for a general knowledge quiz, out of which the number of candidates will be reduced to 10.
At stage three, the ten contestants will battle for the Grand Prize of GHc10, 000 in a classic competition named “quizmaster/mistress and contestants style.”
The essay should be in the candidate’s handwriting and must be endorsed by their parent or guardian.
It must be addressed to the Literacy Challenge P. O. Box 14123 Accra Central or dropped at the front desk of Citi FM, Adabraka, Accra.
Deadline for entries is August 10, 2018.
The 2018 edition of the Literacy Challenge is sponsored by Databank’s EdiFund and MoneyGram
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By: Farida Yusif/citinewsroom.com/Ghana