Fourteen-year old Habeeb Musa and 16-year old Mariam Lamidi, both of State Senior High School, Ikeja, have emerged winners of the Brighter Rewarding Future Quiz Competition, Season VI.
The duo defeated the pair of Mubarak Mohammed and Qudus Alabi, both 15 years old, of Sango Senior Secondary School, Agege, by scoring 12 points as against the 10 points scored by their opponents, while the pair of Ismail Quadri and Tunde Olowu of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Somolu, came third in the xompetition.
In the Junior Secondary School category, Festac Junior College, Festac, represented by 14-year-old Michael Abasi-Ifkere and 13-year-old Jimoh Iyanu-Oluwa, scored 20 points to emerge winners of the competition, beating Government Junior College, Ketu Epe, represented by 13-year-old Patricia Imarhia and 11-year-old Adetayo Adefarasin.
The third place was won by Government Junior College, Ikorodu, represented by Elizabeth Adekunle and Oluwatobi Ajetumobi.
Community Nursery and Primary School, Ojo, represented by Rachael Ayodele and Stella Ogugua, emerged winners in the Primary Schools Category, beating the pair of Chisom Anyigor and Samuel Salami, both of Maidan Primary School, Kosofe, while Hussey Military Primary School, Yaba, represented by Khadri Adekanbi and Great Ofotokun, came third.
In the Best Individual Mathematics Category, Mubarak Mohammed of Sango Senior Secondary School, Agege won, beating Martins Ogundele, also of Sango Senior Secondary School, Agege and Master Habeeb Musa of State Senior High School, Ikeja to the second and third places respectively.
In the Special School Category, Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment Home, Bariga, represented by 17-year-old Jadesola Mogaji and 15-year-old Taiwo Omotosho, beat the duo of Solomon Omere and Eke Aleshi of the Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria and Adaobi Nwobi and Raiwi Uche of National Orthopaedic School, Igbobi to the second and third positions respectively.
Earlier, the state Commissioner for Education, Olayinka Oladunjoye, explained that the quiz competition was put together as a tool for the development of the minds of the pupils and students in order to make them competent, effective and responsible.
Oladunjoye said: “The competition also aims at creating a healthy rivalry among school children in primary, junior and senior secondary schools in both public and private schools across the state and I am happy to report that the competition has indeed gained ground and has become so popular such that the level of awareness among the students and pupils is awesome.”
The commissioner pointed out that the competition has brought to the fore areas where teachers need to focus on in the schools’ curriculum for improvement and better performance of the students.
Oladunjoye expressed appreciation to the state Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), for his consistent support to the education sector.
She appealed for Fashola’s continued support.
She thanked the teachers for a job well done in tutoring their students and pupils, most especially the children with special needs who participated in the quiz competition for the first time.
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