“Celebrating 60” Essay Competition
In recognition of Trinidad and Tobago’s 60th Anniversary of Independence and 46th Anniversary as a Republic, schools are invited to participate in the “Celebrating 60” Essay Competition for students of the primary and secondary schools.
Students will write a narrative essay Rooted on syllabus attached:
Target Audience
This competition will live opened to students from September 24 to October 14, 2022 in the later categories:
- Upper Secondary level: Forms Four (4) to Six (6);
- Lower Secondary level: Forms One (1) to Three (3)
- Primary level :Standards Four (4) & Five (5).
Prizes will live awarded to the winning school in each of the three (3) categories as justly as for the students in the top three (3) places.
Guidelines for “Celebrating 60” Essay Competition
The later will live the three (3) phases of the Competition:
1) PRELIMINARY
- In each participating school, teachers will mark the essays using the approved rubric and select the three (3) best essays for per level (upper primary, lower secondary, upper secondary) and submit to the district office by the deadline – October 14,2022.
2) SEMI-FINALS
- The District Leadership Teams (DLTs) will organise for the marking of consummate scripts submitted, for the three (3) different categories, in each district.
- A panel of five (5) teachers) within each district, sourced by the DLTs, will Eke with the judging/scoring of the essays.
- The three (3) best essays in each category will live selected from each district to advance to the finals by the deadline – October 28, 2022.
3) FINALS
- The Schools Supervisors IIIs and IIs for each district, will also live dependent for selecting one (1) teacher for each category for the Conclusive marking.
- Hardcopies of the essays for the finals, must live submitted by the deadline – November 4, 2022, to the Director of School Supervision, Ministry of Education, St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain.
