With 15 candidates in the
second stage, Ogun State excelled in the 2018
Cowbellpedia Qualifying Examination conducted by the National Examination
Council (NECO). Following closely was Rivers State with 10 candidates while
Osun State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja had five candidates each
In all, 41,735 students
sat for the qualifying examination held on Saturday, February 17, 2018 to
participate in the competition which is being sponsored by Cowbell, the
flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited. The junior category had 21,585
candidates, while the remaining 20,150 were senior secondary school students.
Further breakdown of the results shows that Ambassador College, Ota,
Ogun State, which produced champions in both categories in 2016, topped the
school chart with nine students in the second stage, while Graceland
International School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State came second with seven
students.
Also, there were three
perfect scores in the junior category from two schools. The students with 100
percent scores are Favour Okarike and Benny Sampson-Uche from Graceland
International School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; and Chiedozie Okezie Uzochukwu of Nigerian Tulip
International College, Abuja.
Results have since been
posted on the Cowbellpedia portal: www.cowbellpedia.ng
The 108 qualifiers for the second round are in two categories – 54 each
for the junior and senior categories – and will all proceed to the Television
Quiz Show.
The second stage, which is in a quiz format, will take the candidates
through the preliminary, semi-final and final rounds. The show will be
broadcast in 13 weekly episodes on major television stations across the country
including DSTv.
The Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson acknowledged the support of NECO, state Ministries of Education across
the country, school principals, teachers, the media and partner agencies on the
initiative over the years.
He explained that the company has demonstrated its unwavering commitment
to the project by significantly increasing the prize money for both winning
students and their teachers.
This year’s prize money has been doubled as the
ultimate winner in each of the categories will be rewarded with N2,000,000 (Two
million Naira) plus an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the
country, while the first and second runners-up will receive N1,500,000 (One
million five hundred thousand Naira) and N1,000,000 (One million Naira)
respectively.
The teachers of the top
prize winners will win N500,000 (Five hundred thousand Naira), while those of
the first and second runners-up will receive N400,000 (Four hundred thousand Naira)
and N300,000 (Three hundred thousand Naira) respectively.
Cowbellpedia Secondary
School Mathematics TV Quiz show is endorsed by NECO, the examination body that conducts both the Basic
Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and Senior
Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE).
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