As the National Examination Council, NECO released the
results of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Qualifying Examination, conducted
on Saturday, 19th March, 2016, The State of Osun has produced four out of the
eight students that got the 100 percent perfect score in both categories.
The students are Ayomide Nafisat of Reality High School,
Osogbo; Osagiede Efosa of Obafemi Awolowo International School, Ile-Ife; Ajayi
Ayomide and Aromolaran Adegoke, both of Bibo Oluwa Academy, Ilesa.
Other students with
perfect scores include Ukpabi Onyedikachi, Britarch Seondary School, Umuahia;
Duke Favour, Deeper Life High School, Calabar; Udo Blessing and Daniel Oreofe,
both of Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State.
A total of 46,698 students, comprising 24,255 (junior
category) and 22,443 (senior category), sat for the qualifying exam in 235
centers across the country.
From the figure, 108 students (54 each for junior and senior
categories) are to proceed to the second stage, which is the Television Quiz
Show.
The second stage, which will be in a quiz format, will be
further sub-divided into preliminary, semifinals and finals. The show will be
serialized into 13 episodes and air on
major television stations across the country.
The Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr.
Olivier Thiry, acknowledged the support given by the NECO, state Ministries of
Education, school principals, teachers, the press and other Partner agencies
for their support for the initiative over the years.
He explained that the company has significantly increased
the prize money for the finals for both students and teachers. This year, he
said, the top prize student winner in each category will go home with One
Million Naira in addition to other prizes, while the teacher will be awarded
Four Hundred Thousand Naira.
The first and the second runners-up will go home with N750,
000 and N500, 000 respectively. There will also be plaques, mathematics
textbooks and a desktop computer for the winners.
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