{"id":102044,"date":"2021-12-28T10:37:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T10:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/?p=102044"},"modified":"2021-12-28T10:37:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T10:37:59","slug":"sadc-secondary-school-essay-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/sadc-secondary-school-essay-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"SADC Secondary School Essay Competition 2022 | How To Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition application form 2022 | How to apply.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below, are the details on SADC Secondary School Essay Competition application form 2022, requirements, eligibility,\u00a0 qualifications needed, application guidelines, application deadline, how to apply, closing date, and other opportunities links for South Africans is published here on <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\">Southafricaportal.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0as well as on the official website\/application portal.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition Application Instructions 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition application details<\/strong>\u00a0have been published here. All Eligible and Interested app<a href=\"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/\">l<\/a>icants may apply online for this opportunity before the application deadline-closing date.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget that the <b>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition<\/b>\u00a0application is totally free of charge<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t send anyone money for this opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of Fraudsters!!!!<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to our notification list with your email to receive the Latest Opportunities Update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition Application Details 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Southern African Development Community (SADC)\u00a0<\/strong>is a Regional Economic Community comprising 16 Member States,<br \/>\nnamely; Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Established in 1992, SADC is committed to Regional Integration and poverty eradication within Southern Africa through economic development and ensuring peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, SADC is commemorating 41st Anniversary of its journey from 1st April, 1980 when its forerunner the Southern African<br \/>\nDevelopment Coordination Conference (SADCC) was officially formed, in Lusaka, Zambia and later transformed to SADC on<br \/>\n17th August 1992 in Windhoek, Namibia. Since its inception, SADC has demonstrated unwavering commitment to peace,<br \/>\nstability and security in the region through adoption of a number of instruments aimed at ensuring peace and stability, as a precondition for socio-economic development.<\/p>\n<p>ELIGIBILITY<br \/>\nAll secondary school going students from all 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States are welcome to participate in the Competition.<\/p>\n<p>TOPIC<\/p>\n<p>The topic for the 2022 SADC Secondary School Essay Competition is \u201cHow can SADC boost productive capacities<br \/>\nin the face of the COVID-19 pandemic?\u201d The topic is derived from the theme of the 41st Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government hosted by the Republic of Malawi in Lilongwe on 17th August 2021, which is; \u201cBolstering Productive Capacities in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic for Inclusive, Sustainable, Economic and Industrial Transformation\u201d. The Summit theme seeks to accelerate the implementation of the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2020\u20132030, in particular, the Industrialisation and Market Integration pillar.<\/p>\n<p>Winner and Prize<br \/>\nThe winning entry will receive a once off prize money which will cover the outright payment of the Intellectual Property<br \/>\nRights of the essay. The monetary prize will be accompanied by a certificate signed by the SADC Chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>The prizes at regional level are as follows;<\/p>\n<p>1st prize = USD1500<br \/>\n2rd Prize = USD1000<br \/>\n3rd Prize = USD750<\/p>\n<p>The top 10 winners will all receive certificates signed by the SADC Executive Secretary. The top three (3) winners travel to the Member States hosting the SADC Summit to receive their prizes during the official opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The prizes at national level are as follows;<br \/>\n1st prize = USD500<br \/>\n2rd Prize = USD300<br \/>\n3rd Prize = USD200<\/p>\n<p>The top 3 winners will all receive certificates signed by the Minister of Education and the SADC Executive Secretary<\/p>\n<p>Application Procedure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All entries should be typed and submitted in electronic version in Microsoft Word document format, and in hard copies.<\/li>\n<li>Entrants should sign and initialise each page of the hard copy document to make sure that they have not been altered.<\/li>\n<li>All essays entering the competition should be in one of the SADC working languages, i.e. English, Portuguese and French.<\/li>\n<li>All submissions must be accompanied with a SADC Secondary School Essay Competition Entry Form which should contain<br \/>\nfull contact details of the entrant, including, passport-sized photograph, physical address, telephone, fax number and email address; and contact details of the entrant\u2019s parent or guardian.<br \/>\nNote: The essay should be 1200 words. The deadline for submission of entries to the Secretariat is 30th April 2022.<br \/>\nEssays are coordinated by the Ministries of Education in all respective SADC Member States and will set out a date for submission of entries to their offices. It is the responsibility of Government officials in SADC Member States to submit the top 3 essays to SADC Secretariat for adjudication at regional level.<\/li>\n<li>Learners should liaise with their School Heads to submit their entries to the Ministries of Education in their respective SADC Member States. The Secretariat will not accept entries from individuals and as such those entries will be disregarded and disqualified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For More Information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sadc.int\/files\/4616\/3422\/2560\/EN_-_Secondary_School_Essay_Competition_design_mail.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.sadc.int\/files\/4616\/3422\/2560\/EN_-_Secondary_School_Essay_Competition_design_mail.pdf\">Visit the Official Webpage of the SADC Secondary School Essay Competition 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, if you have queries regarding the <strong><b>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition Application 2022<\/b><\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Please kindly DROP A COMMENT below and we will respond to it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHARE THIS POST WITH OTHERS!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div class=\"aa-end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SADC Secondary School Essay Competition application form 2022 | How &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[113711],"class_list":["post-102044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities","tag-sadc-secondary-school-essay-competition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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