The Commonwealth CompetitionE SS AY
50,000 students
participate annually
around the globe.
Team of 24 examiners.
Top winners in the past 20 years have been from Australia, Bangladesh,
Bermuda, Canada, India, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad,...
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The Commonwealth CompetitionE SS AY
50,000 students
participate annually
around the globe.
Team of 24 examiners.
Top winners in the past 20 years have been from Australia, Bangladesh,
Bermuda, Canada, India, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Trinidad,
Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
The 2006
Competition drew over 6000
entries from 1350 schools
across the Commonwealth.
Prime Minister of the
Republic of Singapore.
He won a prize in the
Commonwealth Essay
Competition in 1970
aged 18.
A polymath, writer,
journalist, broadcaster,
magistrate, environmentalist,
farmer, and government
advisor.
Having written more
than 30 books.
Two famous winners of the CEC:
Here are the interesting facts10
ABOUT
THE COMPETITION
It is the world s
oldest global writing
prize for young people,
established in 1883.
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Since 1922 winning
and highly commended entries
have been archived at
Cambridge University Library
In 2010,
for the first time
in 25 years, the top
prize was awarded
to a UK entrant
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