CALL FOR ZANEC 2019 EDUCATION AND SKILLS SECTOR MEDIA AWARDS

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) is calling for entries for the 2019 ZANEC Education Media Awards. The award-giving ceremony is conducted every year to recognize and reward journalists who have contributed towards the need for quality education in our country.

BACKGROUND TO THE AWARDS

The objective of the awards is to promote reporting on the Education and Skills Sector hence raising public awareness, understanding, participation and the need for the provision of quality education in the country. The entries must be based on one of the five (5) Education Sub Sectors namely:

Early Childhood, Care and Development Education (ECCDE)
Youth and Adult Literacy Education (YALE)
Skills and Tertiary Education – with a bias to Academic Freedoms and quality of education in Higher Institutions of Learning
Basic Education (Primary and Secondary)
Gender and Equity

The article; program; documentary or video must demonstrate the author or producer’s understanding of the Education and Skills Sector at the barest minimum.

Eligibility

The awards are open for published and broadcasted works in print, radio, television or online media. Only journalists who are Zambian nationals are eligible for the competition. The competition is only open to individual journalists and not media institutions or organizations;

The entries shall be works published/broadcast between 1st October 2018 and 31^st July 2019

Languages
All works entered for the competition shall be in English Language.

Categories
Entries shall consist of the following:

Print Journalism: Features, articles or stories published in mainstream newspapers, magazines, journals or newsletters.
Radio Journalism: Documentary or discussion programmes.
Television Journalism: Documentary or discussion programme.
Online/news media: Feature articles or stories published on online media.

Adjudication and Awards

The selection of winners will be done by an adjudication panel identified by ZANEC Secretariat with expertise in media and media development. The winners will get a monetary award, a trophy and a certificate.

Respects for copy rights

All entries submitted must be original and in conformity with copyright requirements and must have been published or broadcasted between 1^stOctober 2018 and 30^th June 2019.

Deadlines