Monday July 25th, 2016, Lagos, Nigeria: Four months after the qualifying examination for the 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Competition was held nationwide, airing of the second stage of the competition, tagged 2016 Cowbellpedia Mathematics T.V Quiz Show, will commence on Saturday, 30th July, 2016.
There
is a great expectation and lots of excitement among the 77 male
students and 31 female students vying for the ultimate prize of one
million naira and an all-expenses paid educational excursion outside the
country. The teacher of the winning students will receive 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.
Mr.
Abiodun Ayodeji, Category Manager, Promasidor Nigeria Limited,
explained that the programme will be beamed to millions of Nigerians on
the national network of Africa Independent Television, AIT and six other
regional television stations across the country.He
added that 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.
Parents
and stakeholders in the education sector have also lauded Promasidor
Nigeria Limited for bankrolling the initiative which is aimed at
discovering and celebrating young scientists and inventors in the
country
In
the 2015 edition, students of Adeyemi Demonstration Secondary School,
Ondo, Ondo state and Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja emerged winners. While
Ayodeji Akinkuowo of Adeyemi Demonstration College won in the senior
category, Munachi Ernest-Eze of Loyola Jesuit won in the junior
category.
The
ultimate prize for last year’s edition was N750,000, while the teacher
of the winner went home with N250,000. The winning school got also got 5
computer units and printers.
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