The World Bank Group and the Financial Times are launching a global blog/essay competition. The competition builds on the recent launch of the World Bank’s Human Capital Project and its World Development Report on The Changing Nature of Work. Applicants can also read relevant Financial Times (FT) articles and sign up for free for the FT here.

World Bank Group and The Financial Times are looking for applicants most inventive ideas, high-quality writing, and innovative solutions to improve education outcomes for the next generation.

The theme of this competition is ‘How would you Reimagine Education?’

There is a growing body of research on what people need as a global community to be ready for the future. Leaders and policymakers are engaged and actively looking for answers to better prepare their citizens for an uncertain future. But, the people who will be most affected are today’s high school students and those who follow them. This is why World Bank Group wants to ask applicants what they think will better prepare them for their future.

Requirements: 

• Entries should be the work of the submitter and cannot be collaborative or written by a proxy.
• Participants must be enrolled in high school or version of secondary education and should be between the ages of 16-19 years.
• Entries are only to be submitted in English.
• There is no fee payable to enter the competition.
• Schools with multiple students entering the contest are encouraged to register here: http://www.ft.com/schoolsarefree

Submission should include:

• A strong blog or essay, that is no longer than 500 words.
• Photos, videos, visualizations that help support applicants story, are optional.
• Applicants name, age, school ,email, and country applicants live in.

Cost/Funding for Participants :

The winning entry will be published in the Financial Times (as its sole discretion), the World Bank Group blog, and brought with reasonable expenses covered to the World Bank Group Spring Meetings in Washington D.C. in April 2019, provided he/she is able to travel  and assumes responsibility for obtaining a visa to the United States. Winners below 18 years will need a guardian’s permission to travel.