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February 24, 2013.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NFPB’S FATHER OF THE YEAR 2013 ESSAY COMPETITION! WHO DO YOU RECOMMEND?
The National Family Planning Board (NFPB) will be commemorating Father’s Day this
year by engaging Jamaica’s adolescents and youth in an essay competition to
recommend who they think should be awarded the title, Father of the Year.
The competition was developed by the NFPB to encourage behaviour change
among males in accessing sexual and reproductive health services and to
influence fathers, and potential fathers, to play a more prevailing role in the nurture
and development of their families. The Board recognises that Jamaicans have for a
long time fostered a culture wherein men measure their manhood by the number of
children they procreate. However, the Board aims to re-socialise Jamaican men -
and women too - to view childrearing within the context of family. The Essay aims
to:
Influence behaviour change among Jamaican males
Enhance the awareness of males on their sexual and reproductive health
responsibilities
Strengthen the capacity of males of reproductive age to make informed
reproductive health choices
Enhance positive reproductive health outcomes among Jamaican males
The Father’s Day Essay Competition will be on the topic, Father, the Ideal Dad! The
father recommended in the winning essay will then be titled and awarded as the
NFPB’s Father of the Year 2013. While there will be only one Father of the Year,
there will be other prizes and surprises.
Eligibility Criteria:
Entrants must be between the ages of 9 and 25 years
Essays must be typed – double spaced, using Times New Romans, size 12
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The word limit should be a minimum of 500 and a maximum of 700; entries
below or exceeding these limits will be disqualified
Essays MUST have a cover page with the participant’s full name, date of
birth, home address including the parish, at least one contact number, essay
word count, essay topic and the father’s full name and date of birth
Bibliography or list of references (at least one of your references must be an
NFPB source)
Members of staff and relatives of NFPB workers are not eligible to enter
The winning father will be required to participate in various media activities
put on by the Board in relation to the theme.
The essay should:
1. Discuss, with supporting data, who is a father, examining his roles and
responsibilities in the decision to have a child, conception of the child and
the development of that child into adulthood.
2. Describe why the person you are nominating is the ideal dad
3. State the relevance of family planning for males
4. Be written by contestants in English and must be completely original
5. Essays will be judged on the following criteria: relevance to the topic,
originality, accuracy and analysis of the researched data, neatness, and
presentation, style and language skills.
Marking scheme:
1. Analysis of the researched data – 20%
2. Language skills – 10%
3. Accuracy of the researched data – 20%
4. Structure, neatness, presentation and style – 10%
5. Relevance to the topic – 20%
6. Application of personal SRH experience and originality – 20%
Further information:
The National Family Planning Board reserves the right to disqualify any essay that
does not meet the requirements specified in these instructions. Entrants will be
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penalized for Plagiarism (passing off another person’s idea or written work as your
own). Entrants should retain a copy of their essay as the one submitted to the NFPB
will become the property of the Board.
National Family Planning Board Essay Competition
ENTRY FORM/COVER PAGE By entering the contest, entrants assign copyright of their material to the NFPB. Essays will not be returned and may be used by the NFPB in media communications. Appropriate acknowledgements will be given to the writers of selected essays.
Name of Contestant: ____________________________________________________
Date of Birth: ____________________________________________________________
Full Address: ____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
Contact number: _____________________________________________________________
Father’s name: _____________________________________________________
Topic: __________________________________________________________________
Word Count: ________________________________________________________
Signature of Father: _______________________________________________________
Contestant’s signature: _____________________________________________________________
Essays with completed entry form should be sent NO LATER THAN MARCH 25, 2013 to:
Father of the Year Essay Competition National Family Planning Board
5 Sylvan Avenue Kingston 5
Or emailed to: jnfpb.org@gmail.com Follow us for updates: www.facebook.com/JNFPB and www.twitter.com/jnfpb
Contact NFPB: 876.968.1627-33 and www.jnfpb.org Copyright 2013
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Promoting healthy families for a healthy nation!
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Contact: Racquel Reece,
Communications Officer (Writer) (NFPB)
Telephone: (876)968-1632-3, CUG: 537-8377 and Facsimile: (876) 968-1626.
Email: rreece@jnfpb.org
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