"It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations, that will also help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own”
The quality of a nation’s leadership is determined from its roots. If children are the future of any nation therefore, for a nation to be great, its children must be groomed to achieve and aspire to greatness.
Setting the right foundation grounded on cultivating a reading culture, which opens up the mind of the child to the immense opportunities found beyond their immediate world is the key to making Nigeria a great nation.
In this vein, Craig mind Internationalwe presents THE 2ND EDITION OF THE CRAIG MIND READING COMPETITION with the Theme – “LET OUR CHILDREN READ”
Craig mind International is an Education and knowledge-based firm whose core objective is to create educational content that are cerebrally stimulating.
The Book reading competition project is one of our educational programs focused on improving the reading culture of young people through a reward scheme.
"In our own bid to inspire and promote the reading culture of the African youth and as part of our project plan for 2015, we are working with the schools from the Agege Local Government Area for the 2015 book reading competition".
The 2014 reading competition was an amazing experience. We worked with four communities with over six schools represented.
The student read NLNG (Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas) Award winning Author Ayodele Olofintuades New book “The Mask”
In the end, three winners emerged. The 2014 winners were:
12 year old Eze chiamaka, from Taofeek college lagos,
10 year old Ugwu Adanna from MD Primary school Lagos,
14 year old Joy Hillary Of Tola Comprehensive college Lagos
THE COMPETITION
The 2015 Reading Competition will feature (3)three Nigerian A-List authors, ten(10)communities under the Agege Local Government area and its environs with over twenty (20) schools in participation.
The Craig Mind Reading Competition is been divided into three categories.
Category 1: Primary 4 – Primary 6 (7-10 years)
Category 2: JSS 1 – JSS3 (11yrs – 14years)
Category 3: SS 1 – SS 3 (15years – 19years)
Books to be read include:
First category: The Brave Taxi Driver
“Her book came runner up in the NLNG category for children’s books 2010.
Second category: The Great fall” by Chinyere Obi.
The book won the NLNG Award in her category for children’s book in 2010.
Third category: Okechukwu Ofilli’s third book “How Intelligence Kills”
He is the owner of the pioneer online mobile book store in Africa, Okada Books.
CRITERIA TO APPLY
To apply, registration coordination must be spearheaded by the Literature teachers or school representative.
Participants are expected to register for the competition under their school umbrella.
The project mechanics stipulates that students will read and summarize the books within their categories in 150 words and submit to their teachers on or before June 15th 2015.
The competition date is scheduled for Thursday June 25th 2015.
"Success to Craig Mind means bringing back the reading culture to the identified age bracket in Africa through a targeted grassroots effort using the schools as touch points".
To get the buy-in and enthusiastic corporation of the Literature Teacher in each school, each teacher with the winning school will be rewarded financially and recognized for the effort put in preparing their students for the competition.
JUDGES PROFILE
Okechukwu Ofilli: Author: “How Intelligence Kills”
Okechukwu has written three books “How intelligence kills” is his third book. He is a leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources in education. He runs the popular blog ofilispeaks.com.
He is also a script writer on the BBC weekly What's Up Africa Show and his writings have appeared on several publications including bellanaija.com, ynaija.com, Thisday Newspaper.
In addition to writing and speaking, Okechukwu is the founder/owner of okadabooks.com, a fast growing and easy-to-use mobile book reading app (MTN 2013 app of the year) for the African market.
Chinyere Obi- Obasi: Author Children’s book “The Great Fall”
Chinyere Iwuala Obi-Obasi was called to the Nigerian bar in 1993. She works with Unity Bank, Plc, and has written two children’s books (Brave Driver and The Faithful Dog), with many of her short stories appearing in anthologies, magazines and newspapers. She is a member of the Abuja Literary Society and Association of Nigerian Authors and married with children.
Chibundu Onuzo : Author “The Spider Kings Daughter”
Chibundu Onuzo’s first book The Spider King was published in London at 21 she is one of Africa’s youngest female authors her book has been up for several nominations in the U.K as she has been compared to the Likes of chimamanda Ngozi Adichie but in her own words they both have different world views Chibundu is a role model to young people who looks up to her
Ambrose Adole : He is an astute reader with a passion for mind building for young people through reading. He is an entrepreneur, a community developer. He won the 2014 Shell live wire Award Lagos maiden edition. As a change agent Ambrose believes in the new Nigeria and shares his time treasure and talent to make this dream a reality He was a judge in our maiden edition.
Bianca Onu: Bianca Is a Lawyer who’s Interest in education and kids endeared her to volunteer her time on this project: she was a judge in our maiden competition
Daniel Okwa: He is a climate change advocate and a recipient of the Climate reality project leadership training leadership scholarship by former United states President Algore. Daniel was a judge in our first event.
PRIZES
1st Prize
Winner goes home with N30,000 cash N50, 000 book voucher to equip his\her schools book Library.
The English teacher would be rewarded for work done.
2nd Prize
Winner goes home with 20,000 cash Prize and N30,000 worth of books to equip his\her book Library
The English teacher would be rewarded for work done.
3rd Prize
Winner goes home with Board games from Best man Games N20,000 for Library project
Teacher would be rewarded for work done
In this competition, everyone is a winner! Each registered participant who submitted a book summary will also be awarded with a plaque of participation.
It is our belief that this singular act of beign part of this project would go a long way in bringing back reading among younger generation who as it stands presently have a legion of activities begging for their attention and in the long run demystify the thought that the average African would Never read a book hence the popular saying “If you want to hide something from a black man put it in a book…”
Enquiries to register your School, call 07060528290, 07030137398, or look up our website "http://www.crigmind.org" www.crigmind.org for further information
Thanks Mariam
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