Essay Competition/ Theme: Youth Role in Corruption Eradication

With an attempt to explore and nourish the talents of Nangarhar university students USAID and ANCB arranged an Essay competition on 08 April 2012. The purpose of the Essay Competition was to aware youth of their role in corruption eradication and to demonstrate their writing skills.The competition has been named as Youth role in corruption eradication. The competition was open for all university students.  In response, 20 essays of write-ups were submitted to us before the deadline. The writers were asked to submit their essays composed within 2000 words As a part of procedure a ‘Panel of Judges’ was formed with four honorable University Lecturers.. On the day of the essay competition 16 writers presented their essays to the audience on the stage. The judges were observing every single movement of the presenters on the stage and after a long process of critical judgment; the Panel of Judges finally selected the best three write-ups for award. In some cases, it was a challenge to identify exactly which topic was being addressed, because some participants were presenting a general concept regarding corruption while the specific topic was youth role in corruption eradication. (In future contests, we should require that participants clearly note which question they are answering or what topic they are addressing?) Based on our approximations, the most enthralling topic was the posed one which grabbed the writers’ attention and willingly shared some notions on the stage. The participants came from a variety of faculties. There was a good disciplinary mix of writers. From 16 essay presenters 8 were males and 8 were females.

Among the contestants Mr. Siffatullah Khalid grabbed the first position. Ms. Karishma Nazifi turned out to be second and Ms. Zarghona Roghman secured third position. The Cups/Prizes along with certificates were handed over to them by the honorable judges on the event of the gathering. Besides the first, second and third position holder all the writers were awarded with prizes and medals.

Essay Competition

Theme: Youth Role in Corruption Eradication

 Date: 08 / April/ 2012

Essay Presenters List:

1.    Siffatullah Khalid (Education Fac, Literature dep)

2.    Karishma Nazifi (Engineering Fac)

3.    Zarghona Roghman (Education Fac, Literature dep)

4.    Zohal Wahidi (Law and Political Science Fac)

5.    Shazia ( Sharia Fac)

6.    Arzoo (Literature Fac, English Dep)

7.    Hizbullah Rahmani (Education Fac, Chemistry and Biology dep)

8.    Abdul Baseer Seerat (Education Fac, Literature dep)

9.    Farida Shinwari (Literature Fac, English Dep- Daronta)

10. Fahimullah Aman (Economics Fac)

11. Safia (Literature Fac, English Dep -Daronta)

12. Sayed Habibullah Haqbinpor (Engineering Fac)

13. Noor Ahmad Noori (Sharia Fac)

14. Yaqub (Education Fac, Chemistry Dep)

15. Homa Pardis (Literature Fac)

16. Abdul Wakil Radminsh (Agriculture Fac)

Judiciary:

1.    Professor Babrak Miakhel

2.    Professor Mohammad Ibrahim Hamkar

3.    Assistant Professor Mohammad Arif

4.    Assistant Professor Syed Habib Rahman

Participant List:

1.            More than 100 students, lecturers and administrative personnel, 30 of which were female students, participated in the Essay Competition.With an attempt to explore and nourish the talents of Nangarhar university students USAID and ANCB arranged an Essay competition on 08 April 2012. The purpose of the Essay Competition was to aware youth of their role in corruption eradication and to demonstrate their writing skills.

The competition has been named as Youth role in corruption eradication. The competition was open for all university students.  In response, 20 essays of write-ups were submitted to us before the deadline. The writers were asked to submit their essays composed within 2000 words As a part of procedure a ‘Panel of Judges’ was formed with four honorable University Lecturers.. On the day of the essay competition 16 writers presented their essays to the audience on the stage. The judges were observing every single movement of the presenters on the stage and after a long process of critical judgment; the Panel of Judges finally selected the best three write-ups for award. In some cases, it was a challenge to identify exactly which topic was being addressed, because some participants were presenting a general concept regarding corruption while the specific topic was youth role in corruption eradication. (In future contests, we should require that participants clearly note which question they are answering or what topic they are addressing?) Based on our approximations, the most enthralling topic was the posed one which grabbed the writers’ attention and willingly shared some notions on the stage. The participants came from a variety of faculties. There was a good disciplinary mix of writers. From 16 essay presenters 8 were males and 8 were females.

Among the contestants Mr. Siffatullah Khalid grabbed the first position. Ms. Karishma Nazifi turned out to be second and Ms. Zarghona Roghman secured third position. The Cups/Prizes along with certificates were handed over to them by the honorable judges on the event of the gathering. Besides the first, second and third position holder all the writers were awarded with prizes and medals.