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2019 ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS REWARDED
New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji, Mr Jonathan Curr and Essay Competition judge, Dr Satendra Singh welcomed winners of the 2019 competition at the Official Residence in Suva on Saturday 14 September to a reception and Prize Giving.
Also attending were parents, several principals, Fiji Ministry of Education representatives including Deputy Director Mr Bure and Curriculum Unit director Sujata Singh.
The supreme winners of the 2019 competition are Selai Raraki, whose essay was submitted while she attended Seaqaqa College in Labasa, and Seremaia Naisua, from Xavier College in Ba.
Dr Singh and Lady June Hillary said in a statement, the winning essays were excellent examples of how words can create a voice/style with impact.
Selai wrote about a sinking island, facing erosion but determined to replant and save the village.
Seremaia wrote about practical aspects of daily life where young people can become climate change warriors, just picking up rubbish, eating right, traveling right and saving the future.
Other winners are:
Rosheel Chand from Nadogo Central College, Vanua Levu
Ashitosh Rishay Prasad from Bhawani Dayal Arya College, Nausori
Faiza Faaria Nisha from Kamil Muslim College, Ba
Dayna Danielle Tolo, from Yat Sen Secondary School, Suva
Devnal Raj from Pundit Vishnu Deo Memorial College, Lautoka
Shreya Chand from Swami Vivekananda College, Nadi
Frances Tagivetaua from St Joseph's Secondary School, Suva
Romitesh Kumar from Tilak High School, Lautoka
Anischal Sami from Vunimono High School, Nausori
Kaveet Kavitosh Kumar from Sangam SKM College, Nadi
Sera Navuga from Sabeto College, Nadi
Avneet Raj from Shri Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Labasa
Avishna Chand from Saraswati College, Nasinu
Maria Arusanotu from Sila Central College, Nausori
Zahid Ali from Lautoka Muslim College
Rynal Balak from Votualevu College, Nadi
Kaushik Prasad from Naleba College, Labasa
Yash Prasad from Bulileka Sanatan College, Vanua Levu
Supreme Winners Plaques were presented to Seaqaqa College and Xavier College. High Commissioner Curr and Dr Satendra Singh visited a number of schools and addressed assemblies. These included Labasa Sangam College, Seaqaqa College, All Saints College, Yat Sen Secondary, St Joseph's Secondary, Sila Central College and Naleba College.
Some former supreme winners of the competition, now in its 11th consecutive year, attended the prize giving to encourage students. They included Dr Sekai a medical doctor working in the Lau Group, USP final year students Alitia and Abhshek.
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