{"id":337840,"date":"2017-07-19T16:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337840"},"modified":"2017-07-19T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T16:27:03","slug":"literacy-challenge-faqs-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337840","title":{"rendered":"LITERACY CHALLENGE FAQs AND ANSWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1. Who can enter The Literacy Challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> The Literacy Challenge is a National completion for Junior High School (JHS)<\/em> students in Ghana<\/p>\n

2. When is the deadline for the submission of entries into Level I?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Saturday, 23rd September, 2017<\/p>\n

3. How can I submit my essay?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Post it to
\n\u2018The Literacy Challenge\u2019<\/em>
\n P.O. Box GP 14123<\/em>
\n Accra \u2013 Central<\/em><\/p>\n

OR<\/p>\n

Drop it off at the Front Desk of Citi FM (Adabraka)<\/em><\/p>\n

4. What are the general guidelines for essays that are to be submitted?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:
\n<\/strong>~ Write a letter to the President of the Republic of Ghana, suggesting to him how to make Accra the cleanest city in Africa.
\n~ Letter must not be less than 600 words long
\n~ Script must be in your own handwriting
\n~ Script must be endorsed by a Parent\/ Guardian
\n~ Add your FULL contact details<\/p>\n

5. When does The Literacy Challenge end?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Saturday, 7th October, 2017 (The same day as the Level III Quiz)<\/p>\n

6. Do I need to pay or to buy forms to participate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> No, The Literacy Challenge<\/em> is free and open for participation for all Junior High School Students<\/em>. Your essay on the given topic is what gets you into the competition.<\/p>\n

7. Will Level III of the Challenge be live on air?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Yes, it will.<\/p>\n

8. Is the Literacy Challenge the same as The Write-Away Contest?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> The Literacy Challenge is an improved version of the Write-Away Contest. This targets a wider range of audiences and more actively engages students from all 10 regions of Ghana. It also has 3 Levels of competition which challenges participants to do more, beyond just writing.<\/p>\n

9. What are the prizes to be won?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong>3rd Prize: GHc3,000
\n2nd Prize: GHc5,000
\n1st Prize: GHc10,000<\/p>\n

Also, all of the Top 50<\/em> contestants will receive cash prizes.<\/p>\n

10. Who will mark the essays from Level I?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Citi FM shall employ external examiners, for this purpose.<\/p>\n

11. Who will mark the test scripts from Level II?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Citi FM shall employ external examiners, for this purpose.<\/p>\n

12. Where is Citi FM located?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS:<\/strong> Citi FM is at Adabraka in Accra (Behind the Adabraka Police Station)<\/p>\n

13. How can I contact Citi FM for more information?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ANS: Call 0302 226 013<\/em> or 0205 973 973<\/em> for further information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Who can enter The Literacy Challenge? ANS: The Literacy Challenge is a National completion for Junior High School (JHS) students in Ghana 2. When is the deadline for the submission of entries into Level I? ANS: Saturday, 23rd September, 2017 3. How can I submit my essay? ANS: Post it to \u2018The Literacy Challenge\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":337830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=337840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=337840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=337840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=337840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}