According to Mr. Afunya Kofi Daniel, the Events Manager of SBN who was speaking at the event, the launch also marks the beginning of nominations. He said there are forty categories in all including 33 main awards and 7 honorary awards. The Events Manager who also seemed very enthused about the award and was optimistic about its success mentioned that the award whose first edition is built on the theme: Milestone Celebration would become the first ever award scheme in Ghana to truly bring all tertiary institutions under one great umbrella for the celebration of excellence in diverse aspects of student’s endeavor. He also ceased the opportunity to call on cooperate bodies, the media, individuals and groups to support this initiative.
As part of plans to increase nationwide knowledge of the event, there would be a media tour to major radio stations across the nation. According to him, some of the regional coordinators have already visited Radio G.I.J 97.7mhz, Radio Windy Bay 98.3mhz, Rich Fm 104.7 mhz, NTV, pending several others to be visited by the coordinators and the events team. Nominations however begin from Monday, 25th June, 2018 15:00 GMT through to 31st July, 2018.
INTER-TERTIARY EXCELLENCE AWARDS (ITEA)
Showbiz Network Ghana (SBN) presents INTER-TERTIARY EXCELLENCE AWARDS (ITEA) under the Theme: MILESTONE CELEBRATION.
The goal of the ITEA is to acknowledge the achievements of exceptional Tertiary Students in the country making significant impact in Ghana. ITEA also seeks to promote positive youth development by inspiring young people to achieve greater heights and to know that good achievements are recognized and appreciated.
ITEA has been divided into three belts to capture all the ten(10) regions of Ghana. The Middle Belt will comprises of Central ,Ashanti and Western Regions. The Northern Belt comprises Upper East, Upper West, Northern and Brong Ahafo Regions The Southern Belt comprises of Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta Regions.
Laureates will receive prizes comprising of a winning plaque,a hamper of corporate products and sponsorship packages to help pursue their efforts.
The Inter Tertiary Excellence Awards (ITEA) is accessible to all students in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana duly recognized by National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) under the following blocs:
- The Universities Bloc, University Students Association of Ghana (USAG).
- The Professionals Bloc, Ghana Union of Professional Studies (GUPS).
- The Teacher Training Colleges, Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana(TTAG).
- The Health Training Colleges, National Health Students Association of Ghana (NHSAG)
- Graduate Studies, Graduate Students Association of Ghana(GRASAG).
ITEA CATEGORIES ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA OF SELECTION
All categories will necessarily have to provide records of accomplishment across a range of activities/areas are expected.
ITEA Selection Committee (Academy of Professionals)is interested in receiving nominations that focus on the Student’s individual achievements in the areas of Academics, Social action, Arts and Entertainment .Candidates should be considered for outstanding contributions to their school, community and/or Ghana for a project that the individual initiated, organized or contributed to significantly.
The Executive Committee will address to relevant achievements with statistical approaches and judge done overall accomplishment, including: Academic excellence, Creative activities, Campus service/involvement in extracurricular activities, Performance at Community service, incorporating an experiential learning experience in their college experience and evidence.
Students will be required to visit www.showbizgh.net\itea2018 to be nominated for serving people for the awards under the various categories stated below:
The categories of the various awards are as follows;
- ACADEMIA CATEGORY
- Overall Best Student 1ST Year
- Overall Best Student 2ND Year
- Overall Best Student 3RD Year
- Overall Best Student 4TH Year
- Best Research Fellow, School of Graduate Studies(GRASAG)
- Best Nursing Student of the Year
- Best Teacher Trainee of the Year
- SOCIAL CATEGORY
- Personality of the Year
- Student Activist of the Year
- Innovator of the Year
- Student Entrepreneur of the Year
- Outstanding Student Leader of the Year
- Most Popular Student of the Year
- Male Model of the year
- Female Model of the year
- Beauty Queen of the year
- Best Hall of Residence of the Year
- Blogger of the Year
- Student Author of the Year
- Club/Association of the Year
- Male Sports Personality of the Year
- Female Sports Personality of the Year
- Campus Choir of the Year
- Student Christian Council of the Year(Campus)
- Ghana Muslims Student Association of the Year(Campus)
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORIES
- Student Artiste of the Year
- Outstanding Event Hub of the Year
- Outstanding student Entertainer of the Year
- Graphic Designer of the Year
- Male Radio Personality of the Year
- Female Radio Personality of the Year
- Campus Radio Station of the Year
- Student Photographer of the Year
- DJ of the Year
- HONORY CATEGORIES
- Private Sector entity which supports youth development
- Tertiary Favorite Celebrity(Male)
- Tertiary Favorite Celebrity(Female)
- Most Influential Personality
- Best Lecturer of the Year
- Outstanding ITEA Coordinator
- AWARDS FOR ACADEMIA CATEGORY
Criteria for nomination
The ITEA for Overall Best Students shall recognize students for the integration of academics. The student will have enriched the University community through a record of Accomplishment and leadership in such are as student life, and community life excellence and other aspects of student lives which may include leadership, community service, sports, arts and entertainment all of which reflect the University’s purposes and priorities. The schools will be contacted for the CGPA of the overall student for each class and afterwards the CGPA’s converted on fair grounds under the Academic Category. The appropriate authorities will be contacted to help with the conversion.
Eligibility
Nominees for this category must be undergraduate students
Nominees must have outstanding performance and should be able to prove it with
their transcripts if the need arises.
Best Nursing Student of the Year
Criteria for nomination
ITEA for the category shall recognize student nurses who have proven to have good grip of the technically know-how passed on to them from their institutions. Students who meet the standard requirements of their field for the academic year are the centre of focus.
Eligibility
Nominees must be students of a recognized nursing training institution.
Nominees must have a good GPA.
Best Teacher Trainee of the Year
Category for nomination
ITEA for the category shall recognize teacher trainees who have proven to have good grip of the technically know-how passed on to them from their institutions. Students who meet the standard requirement of their field for the academic year shall be honoured.
Eligibility
Nominees must be students of a recognized nursing training institution.
Nominees must have a good GPA.
- SOCIALCATEGORY
ITEA for these categories shall recognize students who have made impact in their social circles in the area of innovations, leadership, fashion ,lifestyle ,entrepreneurship ,religion and social media. These categories include the following:
Student Activist of the Year
Criteria for nomination
ITEA for this category shall honor students who have played tremendous roles in pushing the agenda of student rights and gender related issues at the tertiary level and the entire influence in the development of our democracy
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Student Entrepreneur of the Year
Criteria for nomination
ITEA for this category shall recognize students for creative, competitive and determined
entrepreneurial skills. This is to recognize creative ideas which have been transformed
into working businesses.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Nominees should have a working enterprise or a business idea.
Innovator of the Year
Criteria for nomination
ITEA for this category shall reward students in the area of innovations (creative ideas
translated into service that creates value).It is to honor students who have postulated
creativity ideas which have improved upon products and services offered in tertiary
institutions.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate student.
Nominees must have a working proof of an achievement in this regard.
Outstanding Student Leader of the Year
Criteria for category
ITEA for this category shall recognize students for exceptional leadership. This cuts
across the fields of academia and student politics. It includes Departmental heads, SRC
leaders and parliamentarians.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Nominees must have a portfolio as a student leader in any capacity and track records.
Most Popular Student of the Year
Criteria for Category
ITEA for this category shall honor students being hyperactive and well known to student
populace impacting positively in extracurricular activities.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Male Model of the Year
Criteria for Category
ITEA for this category shall recognize male student Models with fashionable styles and
lifestyle. Being fashionable is encapsulated in both style and lifestyle. A male Model
should have a unique style and be trendy.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students
Nominees must have a unique style and trendy
Female Model of the Year
Criteria for Category
ITEA for this category shall recognize female student Models with fashionable styles and
lifestyle. Being fashionable is encapsulated in both style and lifestyle. A female
fashionable student should have a unique style and be trendy.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Nominees must have a unique style and trendy.
Beauty Queen of the Year
Criteria for the Category
ITEA for this category shall recognize pageant participants from the various tertiary
institutions as well as ladies considered to be of exceptional beauty and intelligence.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Nominees must have participated in a beauty pageantry in any tertiary institution.
Best Hall of Residence of the Year
Criteria for the Category
ITEA for this category shall recognize halls of Residence with good environment for exceptional academic exploits and social networks. This hall should be a place that harness potentials in students .It should be a well-known hall with laurels in sports and academic competitions as well as socially active.
Eligibility
Halls must be a recognized JCR.
Blogger of the Year
Criteria for the Category
ITEA for this category shall recognize students in the area of blogging. To be an
exceptional blogger one must have flair, vast knowledge of issues and events with an open
mind approach. This makes one’s contents rich, enjoyable, and the first blog everyone
wants to read. Students with outstanding blogs and well-known for blogging on key issues
that have made significant impact on ‘campus life’ shall be honoured.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate student.
Nominees should be active blogger on an active website
Student Author of the Year
Criteria for the Category
ITEA for this category recognizes students who have excelled in capturing the hearts and
minds of many by their captivating, intriguing and thought-provoking writing skills. Books
capture an idea or a story. Whiles some tell a tale, others take us through a world of
unceasing adventure. This category would honour such who have been able carry others
along in their adventure and colourful imaginations by their writing.
Eligibility
Nominees must be undergraduate students.
Nominees must have a publication to their credit.
Student Christian Council of the Year
Criteria for the Category
ITEA for this category shall recognize student council leaders of the Christian faith. This is
to honor Christian denomination groups on the various campuses for exceptional
leadership in ensuring growth, influencing members to attain their highest potentials, well
established membership and nurturing tolerance among members towards others of
different faith.
Eligibility
Nominees should be registered and recognized groups on their campuses.
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORIES
ITEA for these categories involves recognizing individuals from Tertiary institutions who
have been involved in producing, promoting and participating in live performances, events,
radio, creative works such as Graphic designing and fashion. This category is reserved to
award students for amusing, entertaining and bringing more fun to the doorstep of students
in the most amazing ways. These categories includes:
Outstanding Event Hub of the Year
Criteria for nomination
ITEA for this category will recognize creative and outstanding event organizing groups
or hub on the various campuses across the nation. This category will center on
patronage or level of participation of their events and the number of events organized.
Eligibility
Members of the Nominated group should be undergraduate students
Student Artiste of the Year
Criteria for nomination
ITEA for this category is to recognize talented and skilled artiste within our tertiary
institutions. Students Artistes with great dexterity in good stagecraft as well as lovable
lyrics and sounds by students within the tertiary institutions.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students.
Nominees should have atleast four singles/songs accredited to their name and present
Copies / links of any work done.
Graphic Designer of the Year
Criteria for Category
This category of ITEA shall recognize students who are skillful in graphic designs and
have great works to their name. A graphic design should be able to communicate a
message which can be projected in several forms and this requires creativity. Creativity
and good communication are key traits required.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students.
Nominees should present copies/links of any work done.
Student Radio Personality of the Year (Male)
Criteria for Category
This Category of ITEA shall recognize male student radio personalities with a good
connection to audience, a wide social media savvy, authentic and accurate information
delivery. This personality should have a record of consistent improvement and an always
up -to-date know-how of issues related to students both on their campuses and beyond.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students.
Nominees should be presenters of a campus radio station.
Student Radio Personality of the Year (Female)
Criteria for Category
This Category of ITEA shall recognize female student radio personalities with a good
connection to audience, a wide social media savvy with an authentic and accurate
information delivery. This personality should have a record of consistent improvement and
an always up-to-date know-how of issues related to students both on their campuses and
beyond.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students.
Nominees should be presenters of a campus radio station
Campus Radio Station of the Year
Criteria for Category
This Category of ITEA shall recognize the creativity, integrity, consistency and influence
of campus radio stations of the various institutions across the nation.
Eligibility
Stations should be registered as Campus Station under National Communication Authority.
Student Photographer of the Year
Criteria for Category
This category of ITEA shall recognize students who have a great skills in Photography.
Students with creative concepts and a quality capture of those moments qualify for this
category. Photographs captured tell stories and this category explores the uniqueness of
student photographers to do so while capturing the overlooked details.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students.
Nominees should present copies/links of any work done.
Outstanding Sports Personality of the Year (Male and Female)
Criteria for Category
This category is reserved to honor student sportsmen and women who have performed
excellently and have attained for themselves laurels and the cheers of their fellow
students.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students
Nominees should be a sportsman or woman for a hall or institution.
DJ of the Year
Criteria for Category
This category of ITEA shall recognize student Disc Jockeys who are creative, have good
techniques on turn tables with good taste and wide range understanding of music.
Eligibility
Nominees should be undergraduate students.
Nominees should present copies/links of any work done.
- SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Tertiary Favorite Celebrity (Male)
Criteria for nomination
This category of ITEA shall recognize a Male Celebrity who is more likable by tertiary
students. This should be personality in the arts and entertainment industry (Movie ,music,
radio, TV and on goes the list).
Tertiary Favorite Celebrity (Male)
Criteria for nomination
This category of ITEA shall recognize a Female Celebrity who is more likable by tertiary
students. This should be personality in the arts and entertainment industry (Movie, music,
radio, TV and on goes the list).
Private Sector entity which supports Youth Development
Criteria for nomination
This category of ITEA shall recognize a Private sector entity which plays a major role in
youth development from the field of academia to the arts and entertainment. Youth
Development requires investing into an individual to be a holistic personality being capable
of critically analyzing every situation and using the available resources to create solutions.
Private sector institutions with a track record of such investments would be honored.
Most Influential Personality
Criteria for nomination
This category of ITEA shall recognize any personality who influences either the social and
cultural life style of tertiary students either by way of music or any other form. Fashion
trends, lifestyle, social and cultural attitudes are mostly influenced by some personalities.
This category honors an individual who has influenced tertiary students in this regard in a
positive way.
Outstanding Lecturer of the Year
Criteria for nomination
The primary criterion for the awards is skill in teaching, outstanding service to students,
and service to the University and to the faculty there are. In the selection of persons to be
nominated for these awards the following criteria are to be used.
Eligibility
Nominees for this award may be either full-time or part-time faculty, in qualified rank,
lecturing at the graduate or undergraduate levels for atleast three years. Graduate
Teaching Assistants are not eligible.
Selection Criteria
- Teaching Techniques and Representative Materials
There must be positive evidence that the candidate performs superbly in the classroom. The
Nominee must maintain a flexible instructional policy which adapts readily to student
needs, interests and problems. Mastery of teaching techniques must be demonstrated and
substantiated. Consideration is to be given to the number of substantially different courses
taught, the number of students per course, and the different teaching techniques employed
in the various courses.
- Professional Growth
Candidates must be abreast of their own field and use the relevant contemporary data
from that field and related disciplines in teaching. Evidence in this area includes but is not
limited to course syllabi, ongoing professional development (conferences ,workshops,
etc.) and may also include publications, grants, presentations at conferences, or artistic
productions.
III. Student Services
In relating to students, candidates must be generous with personal time, easily accessible,
and must demonstrate a continual concern for the intellectual growth of individual
students. The focus here is the accessibility of the nominee to students outside of class,
e.g. office hours, conferences, special meetings, and the nominee’s responsibility in terms
of student advisement.
The categories below were added as a result of popular demand :
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- Best Nursing Student of the Year
- Best Teacher Trainee of the Year
- Student Author of the Year
EVENT SCHEDULES
Outdooring of Coordinators – 1st June, 2018
Outdooring of Categories – 8th June, 2018
The Launch of ITEA & all it is about – 22nd June, 2018
Period of Nomination – 25th June, 2018 – 31st July, 2018
Screening of Nominees – 3rd August, 2018 – 10th August, 2018
Outdooring of Coordinators – 12th August, 2018 – 14th August, 2018
Voting Period – 20th August, 2018 – 1st November, 2018
Main Event – 3rd November, 2018
NOMINATION PROCESS
Nomination of individuals should be done visiting www.showbizgh.net/ITEA.
VOTING
Voting is to be done by the following mediums and the percentages allocated to each is
stated below:
USSD – 50%
YOUTUBE – 15% (LIKES)
FACEBOOK – 5% (LIKES + SHARES)
INSTAGRAM – 5% (LIKES)
TWITTER – 10% (RETWEETS)
WEBSITE – 15% (POLLS)
This sums up to the 100% vote for a nominee
