As the National
Examination Council (NECO) released the results of the Qualifying Examination
for this year’s Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show
conducted on March 19, Lagos State has produced two out of the five
students that got the 100 percent score.
The students are
Miss Monyei Cynthia, 14 years old, of Good Shepherd Comprehensive Secondary
School, Meiran, Lagos and Master Fuad Alaka, 13 years old, of Federal
Government Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos. Both are in the Junior
category.
Out of a total of
51,018 students that sat for the Qualifying Examination of the 2017
Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, Lagos State topped the
enrolment chart with 7,098 candidates.
The other students
with perfect score in the Junior category are Master Adeyanju Oluwafemi, 13
years old, of Jesuit Memorial College, Port Harcourt, Rivers Stateand Miss
Anita Alabi, 14 years old, of Gloryland Secondary School, Igarra,Edo State.
In the senior
category, only Master Michael Paul, 14 years old, of Excelgrace Academy, Gboko,
Benue State got a perfect score of 100 percent in the qualifying examination.
In the 2016
edition, eight students got the perfect score with Osun State producing four,
while Cross River, Abia and Ogun States made up the rest.
Analysis of the
enrolment this year shows a total of 26,057 candidates in the Junior Secondary
School category and 24,961 candidates in the Senior Secondary School category.
Like in the
previous editions, the best 108 students (54 each for Junior and Senior
categories) will 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,
semi-finals and finals. The show will be serialised into 13 episodes and aired
on major cable and terrestrial television stations across the country.
Head of Marketing,
Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Festus Tettey acknowledged the support given by
NECO, State Ministries of Education, School Principals, Teachers, the media and
other partner agencies for the initiative over the years.
He explained that
the Top 3 in each state for both Junior and Senior categories in the Qualifying
Examination will be rewarded with cash prizes. The ultimate prize for this
year’s edition is N1 million and an all-expense paid educational excursion
outside the country while the first and second runners-up will go home with
N750,000 and N500,000 respectively.
The teacher of the
top prize student winner will be awarded N400,000, while those of the first and
second runners-up will be rewarded with N300,000 and N200,000 respectively.
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