Contestants take final test in Junior Graphic Essay
The 50 contestants who qualified for the final stage of the 2025 Junior Graphic Essay Competition (JGNEC) have written their final tests.
They were shortlisted from more than 900 entries submitted by contestants from various regions across the country.
The final tests took place at the head office of the Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL) in Accra, as well as at the company’s regional offices nationwide.
Out of the 50 participants, 10 students with the highest scores will be declared winners of the 2025 competition.
The 50 finalists represented the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Upper West and Volta regions.
This year’s competition, themed: "Nurturing Creativity: The Role of Reading and Writing,” is sponsored by FirstBank Ghana, Peeva Drinks and Papaye.
Addressing the contestants, the Managing Director of GCGL, Ato Afful, commended the students for making it to the final stage of the competition.
He encouraged them to produce exceptional essays that could secure them places among the top 10 winners.
“If you are among the 50 finalists of this year’s contest, it means you are intelligent and already on your way to making history, as the Daily Graphic and Junior Graphic celebrate their 75th and 25th anniversaries respectively. That makes you anniversary winners,” he said.
Mr Afful urged the contestants to remain calm and apply the knowledge and skills they gained from the Junior Graphic essay-writing workshops and their classroom lessons to write winning essays.
“I wish you all the best. Write persuasive and thoughtful essays because you are already counted among the best young writers in the country,” he added.
The Editor of the Junior Graphic, Hannah A. Amoah, advised the students not to panic but to approach the test as one of the many they have written in school .
She reminded them to carefully follow all the test instructions in order to perform well.
Stages
In the preliminary stage, participants chose their own topics from three questions published in the Junior Graphic which asked prospective participants to select one and answer.
The essay questions were: Write a story to illustrate the saying: The early bird catches the worm; Write an article to be published in the school magazine discussing THREE (3) factors accounting for the rise in indiscipline in schools and suggest solutions to them; and Your father has given you an amount of GH¢10,000 to start a small business on the side as you pursue your education.
Would you start a business or invest the money in other ventures? Provide reasons for the choice.
At that stage, the participants wrote the essays in the comfort of their homes.
From the many entries received, the 50 were selected for the second stage, after which 10 winners will be selected.
