Presec Student Wins UBA Foundation National Essay Competition

Accra, Ghana, January 16, 2018//-A 16-year-old student of Presbyterian Boys Senior High School, Legon, Accra, Jason Emmanuel K. Asante Ghansah has emerged as winner of the fourth edition of UBA Foundation National Essay Competition.
He received an amount of $5,000.00 and a trophy as wining prize. Mr Ghansah was followed closely by two students of Wesley Girls’ Senior High School’s-Miss Appiah Mame Anokyewah Antwi Ekua and Miss Yasmeen Quartey as first and second runners-up respectively. They received $3500 and $2000 respectively.
The cash prize serves as an educational grant for the winners to study in any African university of their choice.
While each of the 12 finalists was given a UBA branded laptop to encourage them and others to participate anytime there is such an opportunity.

The fourth Ghana edition brought together 12 finalists from seven different schools across Ghana and was met with intense competition and bragging rights at the head office of UBA Ghana from among the 12 finalists who fiercely vied for the ultimate.
Speaking at the ceremony, UBA Ghana MD/CEO, Mrs.Abiola Bawuah congratulated all 12 finalists, calling them winners for taking a step of faith by being part of the competition.
She challenged all senior high students in the country to look out for the competition and participate in the 2018 edition.
“Today, we have identified the 12th winner since the inception of the competition four years ago. Already, the UBA Foundation was taking care of nine students at the tertiary level and we are happy to announce that from now on they will be 12.
We are fully committed to this and it remains our priority to continue with this part of our contribution to society.” She said.
“To our stakeholders, the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service, your support to this cognitive competition has been enormous and we hope that the relationship will continue.” Mrs Bawuah said.
The Director for Secondary Education, Dr. Mrs. Angela Tena Mensah, highlighted strong points ofthe UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, such as allowing every student to exhibit their cognitive skills and potentials while developing a positive work ethic with problem solving and critical thinking skills.
She contined: “The idea of using the essay to elicit information from the young ones is indirectly asking these students to contribute to the national fight against galamsey. Our hope is that the fantastic ideas from the essays would be gathered and presented to those who matter in the fight against galamsey”.

Dr Mrs Mensah was quick to expressthe Ghana Education Service’s (GES) appreciation to UBA Ghana for this laudable initiative. “This UBA Essay Competition is one of the most inspiring projects for the Ghana Education Service. Weappreciate this endeavour to promote literacy, expression and creativity among young people greatly and above all the grant that is given them for their tertiary education“, she said.

The UBA Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Plc which operates in Ghana and 18 other countries as a way of supporting the educational sector in those countries.
Launched in 2014 in Ghana, the competition provides a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities of Senior High School students across Africa.
This is a build-up on UBA’s annual READ AFRICA PROJECT; which involves the distribution of literature books authored by African writers to a number of second cycle institutions across the country.
Under initiative, the Foundation is expected to distribute literature books to secondary school students in Africa and holds mentoring sessions with them regularly. So far, over 14o,000 literature books have been distributed under the initiative.

List of the prize winners 

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