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CBSE-CVC National Essay Competition 2025 Promotes Integrity Among Students

Ritik Kumar Ritik Kumar · September 25, 2025
The image background is in grayscale, showing a close-up of a person writing in a spiral notebook with a pen, evoking the atmosphere of a writing competition or examination. At the top left is a green bird logo labeled "CAREER PLAN B," while the opposite top right features the blue CBSE emblem. Overlaying the background is a headline in large, bold text: the words "CBSE-CVC" are highlighted in yellow, while the rest ("National Essay Competition 2025 Promotes Integrity Among Students") is in white. At the bottom left, there is a circular icon with a pink background displaying a graphic of written pages and a green pen. The overall design emphasizes the theme of a national essay event aimed at fostering integrity among students.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), India’s apex body for promoting integrity and transparency in public administration, will jointly organize an Essay Writing Competition. This event will run as part of Vigilance Awareness Week from October 27 to November 2, 2025.

Theme and Objectives

The competition, themed “Vigilance: Our Shared Responsibility” (सतर्कता : हमारी साझा जिम्मेदारी), aims to instill honesty, ethics, and civic duty in young minds. It also supports the CBSE’s and CVC’s mission to prevent corruption through participative and preventive vigilance. Furthermore, it reinforces education’s role in nation-building.

Event Details

  • Eligibility: Students of Classes IX to XII from all CBSE-affiliated schools can participate.

  • Word Limit: Write between 500 and 600 words.

  • Languages: Hindi or English.

  • Duration: 1 hour.

  • Competition Window: Schools will conduct the event between September 25 and October 6, 2025. This will take place during school hours under teacher supervision.

  • Participation: Students must clearly mention the topic, their names, parents’ names, class, contact information, and school details. These requirements are outlined in the official circular.

Submission and Evaluation Process

Each school will shortlist its top three essays through internal evaluation. It will then submit them in PDF format via the CBSE portal (https://cbseit.in/cbse/2025/cvc) by 5:00 p.m. on October 6, 2025. In addition, schools must enter student participation details online.

Regional teams will evaluate the three best entries per school. They will then forward shortlisted essays to the national level for screening. The national panel will select the top five entries and send them to the Central Vigilance Commission for final recognition and awards.

During Vigilance Awareness Week, schools should also honor the best essays at the institutional level. This step will further promote dialogue on vigilance and integrity.

Judging Criteria

Evaluators will score essays on:

  • Originality and creativity

  • Clarity of presentation and organization

  • Supporting evidence and examples

  • Relevance to the topic

Moreover, they will immediately disqualify any plagiarized entry. This policy maintains zero tolerance for plagiarism at every stage.

Encouraging Mass Participation

Schools should mobilize maximum student engagement. By doing so, they foster a culture of ethical thinking, civic responsibility, and academic integrity across India’s school communities.

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