The preliminary rounds of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Secondary
Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show ended last weekend and produced 36
semi-finalists who are set to battle for the 12 slots in the finals of both
Junior and senior categories.
Out of the 47,000 candidates that participated in the Stage
1 written examination of the competition, only 108 qualified for the Stage 2, a
Television Quiz Show which started on July 31st, 2016. This was made up of 71
males (66%) and 37 females (34%).
Out of the 36 semi-finalists, there are 17 males (47%) and
19 females (53%). The breakdown of the figure shows that out of every 10
females that participated in the preliminary rounds, 5 females qualified, while
out of 10 males that participated in the preliminary rounds, 2 males qualified
for the semi-finals. In 2016, to encourage Girl Child Education,
the brand sponsor, Cowbell Our Milk made a humble appeal that Mixed Schools
should nominate minimum two (2) girls for each category to represent such
school. The above result validates the sponsor’s initiative.
Another outstanding highlight is that all the eight students
that participated in the preliminary rounds from The Ambassadors College, Ota,
Ogun State secured the semi-final tickets.
In the last preliminary episode aired last weekend, both
Toyosi Olorunfemi of Model Secondary School, Ileasanmi, Akure, Ondo State and
Usama Imam Auwal of Iqra Science Academy in the Junior category flew past
Chinenye Ike of Federal Government College, Owerri, Imo State; Opeyemi Amee of
University of Ilorin Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara State; Emmanuel Olasoju of
Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos State; and Ibrahim sadi-Umar
of Dutse Model International Secondary School, Dutse, Jigawa State.
In the Senior Category, the duo of Onyinye Okolie Graceville
College, Asaba Delta State and Yusuf Jimoh of Federal Government College,
Ilorin. Kwara State secured the semi-final tickets. They subdued Eustace
Imafidon of Whitesands College, Lagos; Calistus Azuka of Monsignor Maduka
Memorial Secondary School, Ekwulobia, Anambra State; Aminu Rimin of Kuntau
Science Academy, Kaduna, Kaduna State; and Muhammed Suleiman of JIBWIS College,
Gombe, Gombe State.
The ultimate prize for this year’s edition is One million
naira and an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country. The
teacher of the winning students will receive Four hundred thousand naira.
The airing of the programme continues this weekend; AIT
Network on Saturday, 7. 00p.m; TVC Lagos,Saturday, 8.00p.m.; NTA
Ibadan, Saturday, 9. 30a.m; NTA Kano, Saturday, 2.00 p.m.; CRBC
Calabar,Saturday 7.00p.m.; NTA Onitsha, Sunday, 5. 00p.m; STV Jos, Sunday, 5.00
p.m. Also, you can watch it on DSTV Channel 154 on Saturday, 9.00
p.m.
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