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What
are the steps to submitting my essay? |
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Go to Contest Registration |
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Complete Part A. |
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Submit it. |
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Receive confirmation e-mail with
your child’s unique ID, and a link to upload
the essay to Part B. |
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Upload the essay to Part B and receive
a confirmation message on successfully submitting
the essay. |
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Save your ID. |
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If your child’s essay moves
to the next round, YOU WILL be contacted by all
means. |
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A teacher will question your child
for verification. |
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If all is approved by the moderator
as having been fair, you will be notified by 10th
August, 2008. |
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| Q2 |
What
is the judging process? |
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The essay contest is anonymous in the interests
of fairness. The teachers, moderator, panelists do not
know the personal details of any entry, e.g. the name,
city of residence, school, even region of the child. They
only see the ID, the age of the child and what class he/
she is in at the time of this contest.
Please
be advised of the following- Any essay deemed by the examiners
as having been written by an adult will be disqualified.
This contest has been launched to create an awareness
of Nutrition, AND also encourage the child to take responsibility
and pride for their own work. Please help your child by
guiding them, letting them talk to their doctor or teachers,
and using our links for facts. BUT, they must not plagiarize
or copy and paste from the resource sites. The essay must
be written in the child’s words and by the child.
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The judging criteria are as follows: |
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Introduction (Impact & Grammar) |
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Body (Idea development, vocabulary,
sources, argument, paragraphing). |
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Conclusion (Organization, facts,
overall impression) |
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| Q3 |
Who is
judging, the panelists, or someone else? |
| A3 |
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In the first round, the essays
are being judged by English teachers from across
India’s premier schools. |
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160 of these top scorers make it
to the second round and are then judged by the moderator
and senior teachers. |
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In the final round the top 40 essays
from across India are finally judged by our esteemed
panelists. They select 1 winner per each age group
per region, totaling 8 regional winners. From among
these 8 winners 2 grand prize winners are selected. |
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| Q4 |
What
region do I fall under? |
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The four regional cities are New Delhi
(North), Mumbai (West), Calcutta (East), Bangalore (South).
Please select the region you consider yourself closest
to. |
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| Q5 |
How will
I know if I have been selected? |
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We have your child’s information
from your PART A submission form. We will make all attempts
to contact the parents of all selected essays telephonically
or by e-mail. The top 40 essays will be uploaded to the
updates page. |
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| Q6 |
What
are grounds for disqualification? |
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Plagiarism |
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Essay written by a parent, tutor,
and teacher |
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Fraudulent submission due to incorrect
facts being entered in Form “ PART –
A” |
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| Q7 |
How do
I know that the contest is fair? |
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We have pledged to do everything
humanly possible to be fair, hence the children’s
identities; regional school and city information
is encrypted and is not known to either the examiners,
moderator or even the panelists. |
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Every essay is judged on the same
criteria as listed in query #2. |
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The selected essay writing children
will be quizzed to ensure they are the authors of
the essay they have submitted. |
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The decision of the judges, moderator
and panelists is final. |
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| Q8 |
I had
trouble submitting PART A |
| A8 |
We’re sorry you had a problem submitting
your child’s PART A form. Please try refreshing
your page, closing and restarting your browser, or see
if any of the required fields are missing or incorrect.
If you are still having a problem after trying all these
above routes, only then send a support request to support@NutritionVista.com |
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| Q9 |
I have
submitted PART A, but I haven’t received any confirmation
e-mail. |
| A9 |
Please check your spam, junk mail folder
incase you have a strong filter which has moved the mail
from webmaster@NutritionVista.com
to your junk mail folder. If you still do not receive
it a week after submitting Part A, then contact us by
sending us an e-mail to support@NutritionVista.com
(You must list your child’s name, region, city,
school, and parent's username in the request) |
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| Q10 |
I had
trouble submitting PART B. |
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Please do not call our main number even
if you have a problem with a failed submission. We are
expecting tremendous volumes and would appreciate the
queries be limited to those that are absolutely necessary. |
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| Q11 |
I have
submitted PART B. How soon will I know if my essay has
been selected. |
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The first round where 160 essays are selected
from across India will be known and posted to the updates
page on the 1st of August. If your child’s essay
is selected, you will be notified immediately for verification
and authentification.
After 1st August, the essays are read by the panelists
and voted on. *Regional winners” are chosen and
2 Grand Prize winners are chosen from among the eight.
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| Q12 |
Where
will the results be posted? |
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We will post the top 40 selected essays
to the “Updates” page, before they go for
final round judging. The winners will also get posted
to the page as soon as it’s possible |
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| Q13 |
When
will the results be posted? |
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The top 40 selected essays will get posted on August 20th, 2008
The 8 regional winners and two grand prize winners will be announced online on the 27th August, 2008. |
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| Q14 |
Who should
I call if my child’s essay has been posted as ‘selected’? |
| A14 |
If we haven’t contacted you already,
please contact our main office number, or send an e-mail
to
support@NutritionVista.com
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