Essay Competition
The Global Leadership English Challenge aims to drive meaningful youth engagement and to increase the work of young changemakers throughout the world. Thus, based on GLEC Scoring Criteria (Organization, Knowledge, Originality, Expression, and Style), any submissions including the creativity, the visibility of youth action, and research on SDGs will be highly rated.
What is the topic?
GLEC supports the United Nations Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
You can find your essay topics here.
Rules and Guidelines
The following rules and guidelines will help the participants understand the competition procedure. Participants who failed to follow this rule will be disqualified.
STEP 1.
Preliminary Round
The preliminary round for the GLEC is open through the GLEC Online Platform where each registered applicant can log in and submit the entry files. Only fully admitted applicants can access the website, and all applicants are highly recommended for a comprehensive study on a given topic before submission based on the reference articles provided by the GLEC Secretariat.
STEP 2.
Entry File Submission
(Nominated applicants can skip this step.)
If you are fully admitted for the GLEC competition, log in to the platform and complete your entry submission by directly typing the essay on the GLEC Online Platform. The platform does not allow you to copy and paste any text from internet resources or even a prepared essay on your computer. (Any essays should be less than 700 words.)
Only fully admitted applicants can access the platform with their personal information (Username, Date of Birth (yyyymmdd)). If any applicant encounters difficulties logging in to the platform, inquire GLEC Secretariat at glec@hopetofuture.org for login details.
STEP 3.
Final Round
The final round of competition will be held online via the online conference platform Zoom, therefore participants should make sure that the supporting equipment and devices are completely available (Laptop/PC with functioning camera and speaker, microphone, and internet connection).
The final round date and time for each track will be announced after the final round registration period, including only those who have completed the registration fee payment. During the final round, finalists will be given new topics to complete the essay within 50 minutes.
STEP 4.
Rules on Zoom
- The Essay competition format is identical to the TOEFL Writing Exam. The participants should write an essay based on a newly given topic within 50 minutes.
- As part of a monitoring and further examination, the entire contest procedure will be recorded. All participants are considered to consent to the video/audio recordings and the use of recordings being used by the GLEC Secretariat. The use of recordings may include: supervision, examination, edit, website post, etc.
- Every participant must make sure that their appearance during the competition can be seen and heard clearly by the judges. If you went out of the camera frame and are caught cheating in any form, the Secretariat is entitled to unilaterally decide to disqualify participants from the competition.
- We consider the following to be acts of dishonesty.
- Opening another webpage or browsing another website
- Using shortcuts or operating system functions (i.e. Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Alt+Del, Alt+Tab, Print Screen)
- Using notes, smartphones or other materials
- Talking on the phone or to other people
- Someone other than you taking any portion of the competition (i.e. Multiple Logins)
- Staying with someone else in the room during the competition
- Other dishonest acts