The top 10 participants who have qualified for the final stage of the 2021 edition of ‘The Literacy Challenge’ organized by 97.3 Citi FM will be announced later today, Monday, September 5, 2021.
The selected applicants for the next stage will be named on the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM and Breakfast Daily on Citi TV.
The 10 will be drawn from the group of 50 Junior High School students who wrote the mandatory Aptitude Test at the Accra Digital Centre on Saturday.
The Head of Programmes Production at Citi FM and Citi TV, Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey, outlined what the Top 10 contestants are to expect in the final phase of the competition.
“From the 15th of September, we will camp them at the La Villa Boutique in Accra. We will take them through some confidence builders to prepare them for the big finale. And then on Saturday, the 18th of September they will have the quiz at the Alisa Hotel.”
The top 10 participants in the aptitude test will advance to the final stage of the contest.
By making it to the final, the top 10 contestants will compete in a classic quiz competition for the grand prize of GHS10,000.
This year, interested participants wrote on the topic: ‘As an aspiring presidential candidate, in not less than 600 words, write a convincing manifesto speech that is intended to fix the country and to bring hope in political governance.’
Thousands of entries were received by the deadline for submission, and external examiners assessed the scripts for the selection of the best 50 participants.
For more than two months, a team from Citi FM toured various schools as part of efforts to interact with students in some parts of the country, to encourage them to participate in the 2021 edition of the Challenge.
The Literacy Challenge is a nationwide campaign that promotes literacy in Ghana. It is powered by 97.3 Citi FM, with support from Citi TV.
The program is sponsored by SIC Insurance PLC and the Vodafone Ghana Foundation through the Kindred partners.
