CALL FOR ZANEC 2025 EDUCATION AND SKILLS SECTOR MEDIA AWARDS

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CALL FOR ZANEC 2025 EDUCATION AND SKILLS SECTOR MEDIA AWARDS

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) is calling for entries for the 2025 ZANEC Education Media Awards. The award-giving ceremony is conducted every year to recognize and reward journalists who have contributed towards the need for quality education in our country.

BACKGROUND TO THE AWARDS

The objective of the awards is to promote reporting on Education and Skills Sector by raising public awareness, understanding, participation and the need for the provision of quality education in the country. The entries are based on one of the four (4) selected Education Sub Sectors namely:

1.   Skills and Tertiary Education – with a bias to Academic Freedom and quality of education in Higher Institutions of Learning.

2.   Youth and Adult Literacy Education (YALE).

3.   Gender and Equity.

4.   Early Childhood Development (ECD).

The article; program; documentary or video must demonstrate the author or producer’s understanding of the Education and Skills Sector at the bearest minimum. The articles must also show well researched work compiled by the author.  Further the key expectations in the selection process will also include accurate and in-depth reporting; data and evidence-based reporting; contextual analysis; highlighting success stories and best practices; interviewing key stakeholders; raising awareness and promoting dialogue; and ethical reporting. Education articles specifically covering ZANEC positions will have an added advantage.

Eligibility

The awards are open for published and broadcasted works in print, radio, television or online media. Only journalists who are Zambian nationals are eligible for the competition. The competition is only open to individual journalists and not media institutions.

The entries shall be works published/broadcast between 1st September 2024 and 31st August 2025.

Languages

All works entered for the competition shall be in English Language.

Categories

Entries shall consist of the following:

Print Journalism: Feature articles or stories published in mainstream newspapers, magazines, journals or newsletters.
Radio Journalism: Documentaries or discussion programmes.
Television Journalism: Documentaries or discussion programmes.
Online/news media: Feature articles or stories published on online media.

Adjudication and Awards

The selection of winners will be done by an adjudication panel identified by ZANEC Secretariat with expertise in media and media development. The winners will get a monetary award, a trophy and a certificate.

All entries should have proof of being published in the categories being entered with a letter from the media institutions or preferably signed by the head of the media institution where it was published. Further, proof of publishing or broadcast must be with a News Sig tune and voice of Newscaster saying Our staffer …..(name) has more in this story”.

Please save entries of your articles, documentaries, programs, audios and videos in formats that do not expire. Failure to do so will result in being disqualified.

Also ensure that all submitted documents are clear and properly scanned.

For newspaper articles, provide both of the following:

1.   A typed or scanned PDF version of the article’s content (the script).

2.   An extract or cutting from the actual newspaper page where the article was published, as evidence of publication.

Respect for copy rights

All entries submitted must be original and in conformity with copyright requirements and must have been published or broadcast between 1st September 2024 and 31st  August 2025.

Deadlines

All submissions should be made to ZANEC by Friday, 17th October, 2025.

· Further information on ZANEC can be obtained from:

· Website: www.zanec.org.zm

· Facebook www.facebook.com/Zambia – National- Education -Coalition

·LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zambia-national-education-coalition/

All submissions are to be made to:

The Executive Director,

Zambia National Education Coalition,

125/90A Mufufuma Street, Jesmondine, Lusaka

P.O. Box 30774, Lusaka-Zambia,

Email: infozanec@gmail.com / admin@zanec.org.zm /   information@zanec.org.zm