In commencement of its 50th anniversary and in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has launched an Essay Competition for Students



Topic: The Next 50 years of Professional Accountancy Practice: Making ICAN Globally Relevant


Objective
The Essay Competition is to engage The Nigerian Students intellectually and in the end produce enlightening essays on the expected strategic focus of ICAN in the next 50 years within the global professional Accountancy Practice. To achieve this ICAN has engaged KPMG professional services to perform certain agreed-upon procedures in order to strengthen ICAN's process of collation and evaluation of the scripts

Methodology
1.Essay length to be between 2000 and 3000 words, 12 fonts and double spaced in MS word document
2. Clear articulation of the history, current realities/relevance(socio-economic/ethics etc) of the professional accountant in a global context(past 50 years to the present).
3.Critical articulation and evaluation of the role/success of ICAN in the development and evolution of the Nigerian trained/ICAN certified professional accountants-50years to the present(global relevance, reputation, recognition, real and perceived competence, local, regional and international employability and mobility, contribution to national (and international) professional and socio-economic/ethical development.
4.Realistic/evidence-based and logical projection of the drivers and evolution, global relevance and expected competencies/skills set of the professional accountants in a global context over the next 50 years.
5.Articulation of the role that ICAN will need to play now and in the future (in light of 2-4 above), to remain globally relevant as a professional accountancy body over the next 50 years. Including institutional and curriculum reforms and strategic alliances, research contribution and thought leadership etc.
6. Essay must have abstract, introduction, main body, conclusion and references
7. All entries must be accompanied with a letter of attestation from the HOD of each participant's Institution
8. Participant must submit copy of their birth certificate /sworn affidavit and brief profile
9. Only the first 500 entries will be considered
10.Winning Essays will be selected based on context, grammar and style
11.The winning essay will be announced on Friday 21st of August 2015
12. All entries must be received on or before 23:59hours Sunday 9th of August 2015
13. All entries should be sent to Icanessay2015@kpmg.com
14. Participants should write their names on the cover page of the essay only. The information on the cover page is not considered part of the essay and does not count towards the number of words stipulated in 1 above.

Eligibility for Entry
The competition is open to:
a. All students in any field of study in ICAN accredited tertiary institutions in Nigeria
b. Age limit: 26 years by 31st August 2015

Prizes to be won
Best 10 essay to receive plagues, one laptop each letter of commendation and sponsorship to the conference where they will be publicly acknowledged and presented with their prizes
In addition, top 7 from the rear(4-10) to get a cash prize of N10,000 each
I. 3rd position gets a cash prize of N25,000 each
II. 2nd position gets a cash prize of N50,000 only, and
III. 1st position gets N100,000 only
Each of the top three will also get full ICAN scholarship for the Institute Professional Examination worth N340,450 covering Tuition, study text and examination fees
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nice initiative.

belloahmad:
nice initiative.

thanks@belloahmad

Naijaaccountwiz:
thanks@belloahmad

Please, when will they announce the result of this essay contest?

Neyoor:



Please, when will they announce the result of this essay contest?

if successful or among chosen you will be contacted through mail

Naijaaccountwiz:
if successful or among chosen you will be contacted through mail

Does that means that the result is not yet out?

So, does it mean that the result of this essay contest has been released? Guys in the house who participated and have gotten a feedback from the organisers, can do us good by updating the thread. Thanks

no it has not been released yet, as successful applicant will get a mail invite to the Annual Accountant Conference which will hold at Sheraton Abuja Hotel between the 31st of August to 4rd of September, that is where they will receive their prizes. so i think you should hold on for the mail, if you are one of the successful once, you will definitely get your response

Naijaaccountwiz:
no it has not been released yet, as successful applicant will get a mail invite to the Annual Accountant Conference which will hold at Sheraton Abuja Hotel between the 31st of August to 4rd of September, that is where they will receive their prizes. so i think you should hold on for the mail, if you are one of the successful once, you will definitely get your response

ok, thanks for the update

well, not encouraging incentives enough, imagine spending days and hours writing, and u give me 100k. wetin olamide fit blow in one second... c'mon, ican is richer than this now

SolomonAdeola:
well, not encouraging incentives enough, imagine spending days and hours writing, and u give me 100k. wetin olamide fit blow in one second... c'mon, ican is richer than this now

i take it you didn't participate then?

for all that took part in the essay and kept calling for info, if you haven't gotten any form of reply from the organizers, then know that you were not among the chosen, because i got information that the winners have all been contacted.
Good luck!