The Centre for Civic Education Pakistan will hold essay writing contest for students across the country in September to give them an opportunity to share their opinion on democracy and democratic citizenship in the country.
The essay writing contest was part of the Centre's proposed democracy festival to be held on September 15 to celebrate the first ever World Day for Democracy, spokesman of the centre told APP on Thursday. The three winners from each group, ie college students and university's would receive prizes worth Rs 7,500, Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 respectively and their essays would be included in special publication, he said.
He said the contestants must respond to one of two questions ie "My vision of Pakistan as a democratic society and steps I can take to get there" or "How I can be an active and effective Pakistani citizen in the age of globalisation". College and university students aged 18 to 30 were eligible to furnish their short essays comprising 2000 words in Urdu or English and must reflect their own experiences and views on the given subject, the spokesman added.