As the
National Examination Council, NECO released the results of the 2016
Cowbellpedia Mathematics Qualifying Examination, conducted on Saturday, 19th
March, 2016, the Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Olivier
Thiry, has 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.
Thiry also
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. Meanwhile,
the qualifying exam has produced a stunning dimension asThe 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.
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