Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Essay Competition 2018 for Nigerian Students.

August 23, 2018

Application Deadline: October 5th, 2018

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce the commencement of the 2018 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.

Essay Topic:

Discuss how technology can promote financial literacy and encourage investment habit among youths

Rules

The Competition is open to only students in Senior Secondary Schools
Entries must be written in English and be the original work of the writer
Entrants must submit essay on the 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

Notes for Guidance

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

Prizes:

Recipient

1^st Place

2^nd Place

3^rd Place

Student

*N250,000 worth of shares

*N500,000 scholarship fund for university education

* Laptop

* Certificate of achievement

* Headline Closing Gong ceremony at the NSE

*N200,000 worth of shares