CELESTINE OKOYE INITIATIVE
Video
Essay Competition 2024
We’re delighted to announce the first Celestine Okoye Initiative Video Essay Competition.
We extend an invitation to
students attending secondary schools in Nigeria to create a video lecture
lasting approximately 3-5 minutes on the specified topics. Entries will be
accepted from Wednesday, March 1, 2023, with the final deadline set for 5 pm on
Friday, June 30, 2023.
This competition is
exclusively open to residents of the following streets: Rasaki, Alayaki, Babasala, Maiyegun Maiyegun-Oro, or Emilius in the
Amukoko area of Lagos State, Nigeria.
The competition comprises
three stages, and only successful candidates will receive an invitation for the
subsequent stage via email. A panel of judges, consisting of academics, will
review the submissions.
What we're looking for
Your video should be a 'talking head' style, like broadcaster
or a newscaster, though you should feel free to make use of props (e.g. quoting
from a book, playing some music, demonstrating a concept with props, etc.) if
you feel it adds to your explanation.
Then again, if your lecture doesn't include any
props, that's also fine!
Entries will be judged on:
- the
educational value of the lecture – does the viewer learn something
interesting and unexpected?
- the
clarity and concision of the script – is the material structured in a
logical way?
- confidence
and clarity of delivery – is the speaker looking at the camera? Are they
speaking loudly and clearly?
- creativity
We will not be judging the production quality of
entries, so please don't worry about what you shoot your video on, and please
don't waste any time on post-production.
Prize
- There will be three winners, first, second and
third positions.
- The winners will receive cash awards.
- All winners will be issued award
E-certificate
- Winning videos will be posted on our Facebook
page.
How to enter and submit your video
Please upload your video to YouTube and set it to
'unlisted.' The link to your YouTube video upload will be entered on the
submission form. This link will be used by the judges to view your video. If
you don’t already have a YouTube account, they are free and easy to set up!
Then complete our online submission form here.
Competition Rules
- The
competition is open to secondary school students who are residents of the
streets mentioned above.
- Video
lectures should be between 3-5 minutes long. Any entries shorter than 3
minutes or longer than 5 minutes will not be considered.
- Video
lectures should be uploaded to YouTube as an unlisted video.
- When
submitting your video lecture, use this Google submission form: https://forms.gle/NT8vZ8KSuhGCdQf77
- The
content and delivery of the video should be the sole creation and original
work of the entrant. A third party may film the lecture.
- Any
form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification.
- The
video lecture may be based on a piece of work the student has already done
(e.g. an extended essay), provided that it was originally the sole
creation of the entrant.
- Maximum
of one entry per person.
- The
award of all or any of the prizes lies solely within the discretion of the
judges. The judges' decision will be final.
- The
deadline for the receipt of entries will not be extended.
- Unfortunately,
we do not have the capacity to provide feedback on unsuccessful entries.
- We
expect to announce the winner of the competition on our facebook page ‘celestine
okoye initiative’
