The 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz
Show produced the first set of semi-finalists last weekend.
Anita Alabi of Gloryland Secondary School, Igarra, Edo State
and Henry Famuyiwa of Model Secondary School, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State
triumphed over their counterparts to proceed to the semi-finals in the Junior
category of the competition sponsored by the flagship brand of Promasidor
Nigeria Limited, Cowbell Our Milk.
Oseghale Ailuelohia of Mind Builders High School, Satellite
Town, Lagos; Abdusamad Ahmad of Flora College, Ilorin, Kwara State; Stanley
Odebeatu of All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha, Anambra State and Olali Diepreye of
Belary Schools, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State failed to qualify for the semi-final
stage in the Junior category.
Alabi and Famuyiwa, who garnered 90 and 105 points
respectively could not conceal their excitement as they screamed and embraced
their teachers who expressed their confidence in the students’ ability to
advance to the finals.
Alabi, the only female in the group, had a perfect score in
the qualifying examinations which was conducted in March 2017. She said her
performance in the competition would make her father proud.
Famuyiwa, whose hobbies are drawing and singing said he
looked forward to celebrating his success with his schoolmates.
In the Senior category, Michael Paul of Excelgrace Academy,
Gboko, Benue State and Margaret Chibuzo of Dority International Schools, Aba,
Abia State with 105 and 110 points respectively scaled through to the
semi-finals. Paul had a perfect score in the qualifying examinations while
Chibuzo scored 95 per cent.
The duo knocked out Goodluck Samuel of Emplace College,
Akure, Ondo State; Samuel Adekunle of Christ the Redeemer College, Sagamu, Ogun
State; Kyrian Obikwelu of All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha, Anambra State and
Abdullahi Nasir of Late Sabo Memorial Progressive Secondary School,
Tilden-Fulani, Bauchi State.
Chibuzo, 15, who is visiting Lagos for the first-time
desires to become a computer engineer. She prays for more confidence and to
improve her speed in the journey to actualise her dream of becoming the Senior
category winner of the 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz
Show.
Paul, who wants to be a medical doctor, traced his interest
in Mathematics to the encouragement he received from his father. “My father, a
civil engineer, trained me, encouraged me and got me prepared for this
competition and I can only hope for the best,” he said.
The ultimate prize for this year’s edition is One Million
Naira and an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country while
the first and second runners-up will go home with Seven Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Naira and Five Hundred Thousand Naira respectively.
The teachers of the 2017 champions will be awarded Four
Hundred Thousand Naira while those of the first and second runners-up will
receive Three Hundred Thousand Naira and Two Hundred Thousand Naira
respectively.
The winning schools will be rewarded with Mathematics
textbooks, desktop computers and printers.
The competition continues this weekend while the programme
will be aired to millions of Nigerians on Africa Magic Family, Africa
Independent Television (AIT) Network and other six television stations across
the country.
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 future inventors in the
country.
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