International Day of the Girl Child – MTN mPulse Essay Competition 2019

Deadline: October 8, 2019

Applications for the International Day of the Girl Child – MTN mPulse Essay Competition 2019 are now open. In commemoration of the 2019 International Day of the Girl Child celebration, MTN invites all primary and secondary school students in Nigeria to participate in a short essay competition.

In line with the theme of this year’s celebration- GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable, the essay competition aims to encourage discussions on the empowerment of the Nigerian girl child. The essay topic for this year is: In what ways can the Nigerian girl be empowered to become unstoppable?

Prizes

• 1st Prize
  • MTN mPulse Winner’s trophy
  • 1 smartphone
  • 1 mPulse school bag
  • mPulse goody bag containing: 1 mPulse t-shirt, 1 mPulse head phone, 1 mPulse water bottle, 1 mPulse hand fan, 1 mPulse math set, 5 mPulse notebooks, 5 mPulse pens, 5 bubble stickers
• 2nd Prize
  • 1 smartphone
  • 1 mPulse school bag
  • mPulse goody bag containing: 1 mPulse t-shirt, 1 mPulse headphone, 1 mPulse water bottle, 1 mPulse math set, 3 mPulse notebook, 1 mPulse hand fan, 3 mPulse pens, 3 bubble stickers
• 3rd Prize
  • 1 smartphone
  • 1 mPulse school bag
  • mPulse goody bag containing: 1 mPulse water bottle, 1 mPulse t-shirt, 1 mPulse math set, 1 mPulse hand fan, 2 mPulse notebooks, 2 mPulse pens, 2 bubble stickers
• 7 Runners-up
  • 7 mPulse school bags (1 for each runner-up)
  • 7 mPulse goody bags each containing: 1 water bottle, 1 math set, 1 hand fan, 1 notebook 1 pen, 1 bubble sticker

Eligibility

• Competition is open to both boys and girls in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria
• Applicants must be resident in Nigeria
• Essay must not exceed 200 words
• 10 winning essays will be selected and exciting gift items will be awarded to the winners. Gift items include smartphones, mPulse school bags, headphones, t-shirts, math sets, water bottles, etc.

Application

To enter into the essay competition,

• Login or Register as a student on the mPulse website
• Select mPulse IDGCC Essay form from the dropdown menu
• Fill your essay in the form that displays
• Submit your essay form.

For more information, visit MTN mPulse Essay Competition.