Results of Ugonmuta Foundation Annual Undergraduate Essay Competition 2020
The 14th Edition of Ugonmuta Foundation Annual Undergraduate Essay Competition was held on November 7, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Community School Ekwulobia.
Topic of Essay Competition
The topic was:
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has increased the use of online method of teaching and learning in Institutions of Higher Education in Nigeria.
Explain, in details, what you understand by online method of teaching and learning.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this method and suggest necessary steps to be taken to make online teaching and learning an acceptable and viable method of education.
Method of Assessment
Each essay is graded independently by three assessors selected from different institutions of higher education in Nigeria. The three independent scores returned by the assessors are averaged to arrive at the percentage score of each essay.
Prize Winners
A. Main Prizes
(i) First Prize (N50,000)
Winner: OKEKE IFEANYICHUKWU VALENTINE
Community: Ula-Ekwulobia
Institution: Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State
Course: Science Laboratory Technology
(ii) Second Prize: (N30,000)
Winner: OKECHUKWU CHIGBOGU KENNEDY
Community: Umuchiana-Ekwulobia
Institution: Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State.
Course: Law
(iii) Third Prize (N20,000)
Winner: EZEONYEKWELU BLAISE
Community: Agba-Ekwulobia
Institution: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State.
Course: Arts (History/English)
B Consolation Prizes
(iv) Fourth Prize (N10,000)
Winner: EZEOBIORA ANTHONY EBERECHUKWU
Community: Umuchi-Ekwulobia
Institution: Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State
Course: Science Laboratory Technology
(v) Fifth Prize (N10,000)
Winner: EZENWANKWO JOHNPAUL CHIJIOKE
Community: Agba-Ekwulobia
Institution: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam Campus, Anambra State
Course: Physiology
(vi) Sixth Prize (N10,000)
Winner: EZENWANNE CHINECHEREM VIVIAN
Community: Okpo-Ekwulobia
Institution: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State
Course: Zoology and Environmental Biology.
Prize Presentation
Date: December 30, 2020 by 12 noon
Venue: Residence of Prof Ichie Francis .O. Okafor (Ezeugonmuta)
Protocols
- Each prize winner is allowed to attend with two guests.
- All students who took part in the competition are free to come
- Relevant COVID-19 protocols to be observed.
Prof. Ichie Francis .O. Okafor
(Ezeugonmuta)
Founder: Ugonmuta Foundation
Ezekafor Caius
Nice… May God bless you sir….
2times winner.
Ezekafor Caius C.
Okpo
Orakwelu Stella
Wow! Congratulations to all the winners especially to Okeke Valentine Ifeanyi
Ogbonnaya Emezie-Eze Anthony.
Thanks to Ugommuta group especially to the initiator Ichie Professor F.Okafo for this loud able initiative . It’s a big boast to education and a nice pat on the back of the scholars of umu Ebetehete. God bless.