JIS Encourages Students to Enter Heritage Competition
By: , September 2, 2022
Photo: Adrian Walker
Students from Chetwood Memorial Primary School in St. James who placed first, second and third in the essay component of the 2021 Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Heritage Competition. They are (from left) Okaejah Stephens, who won the competition and also copped category certificate awards for best entry in the 11-year-old category and best researched entry in the essay component; Abigail Mundle, who placed second and also got the category certificate award for best entry in the the 10-year-old category for the essay component; and Shadair Green, who placed third.The Full Story
Students at primary, secondary and tertiary learning institutions will have an opportunity to express their views on Jamaica‘s most outstanding achievements since gaining Independence, through essays and visual arts.
The Jamaica Information Service (JIS) is encouraging students to enter its annual Heritage Competition, which provides an avenue to engage in national discussions and to widen their knowledge about Jamaica’s Heritage.
“We are asking students across Jamaica to assess the nation’s many accomplishments over the past 60 years and highlight the most significant and impactful contributions those achievements have made to Jamaica’s progress thus far,” says Acting Chief Executive Officer, Enthrose Campbell.
Primary-level students, aged nine to 12, are required to submit an essay explaining what you think is “Jamaica’s Greatest Achievement over the Past 60 Years’.
The essay should be between 400 and 500 words. It will be judged on relevance to the topic, originality, accuracy and analysis of research data, writing style and language skills.
Essay submission should also include the Title page and Bibliography or List of References. Students must use at least one JIS source as reference. Essays should be submitted using the application form at www.jis.gov.jm.
Secondary-level students using graphics or illustrations, are required to design a poster depicting the topic ‘Jamaica’s Greatest Achievement over the Past 60 Years’. Posters should be no larger than 11 inches x 17 inches (landscape or portrait) and include no other image but those provided on the JIS website through Dropbox. All pieces must be submitted by filling out the entry form on the website, www.jis.gov.jm.
Entrants in the poster illustrated category should print and deliver the form along with the poster to the JIS Head Office in Kingston or the Regional Office in Montego Bay.
Meanwhile, tertiary students will be required to submit a photographic interpretation also on the topic ‘Jamaica’s Greatest Achievement over the Past 60 years’. Photographs will be judged on understanding of the topic, originality, composition, technique and impact.
Any registered tertiary-level student attending an accredited Jamaican institution is eligible to enter. Photos should be submitted using a cloud storage service such as Dropbox, SkyDrive or Google Drive. Entrants must indicate the name of the institution and area of study being pursued.
Prizes will be awarded to the top-three participants in each component of the competition, courtesy of sponsorship, including financial and tertiary institutions, technology companies and bookstores.
The JIS reserves the right to disqualify any entry that does not meet the requirements specified in the guidelines that have been posted on the Agency’s website. Students will be penalised for plagiarism.
Participants are encouraged to keep copies of their entries. Submissions become the property of the JIS. Relatives of JIS staff members are not eligible to participate in the competition.
The deadline for the submission of entries to all three categories of the competition is Monday, October 31, 2022.
For further details, persons are being asked to contact the JIS at 876-926-3590-4, Ext. 2132; or by email: heritagephoto@jis.gov.jm, heritageposter@jis.gov.jm or heritageessay@jis.gov.jm, as well as visiting the website at www.jis.gov.jm.