Twelve-year-old Boluwatife Tijani of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee competition in Lagos State.
Tijani, a Primary Six pupil, competed with 56 other contestants, representing the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas in the state in the competition held in Ikeja.
Ten-year-old Iretiola Ifaniyi, a Primary Five pupil of Methodist Primary School, Ibese, came second while 10-year-old Jonathan Arowodu of Akesan Primary School came third.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the winners received N150, 000, N100, 000 and N75, 000 respectively from the state government.
Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, said the competition was aimed at developing the innate skills of pupils and students.
Soyombo said the competition had been able to fulfill the ultimate goal of creating healthy rivalry among students as well as drawing out their intellectual capabilities.
She said the agency had already set in motion machinery aimed at improving the quality of education in Lagos.
The Director-General said the competition was the brainchild of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the founder of New Era Foundation.
“The idea of spelling competition, conceived in 2006 to encourage academic excellence, was adopted by the Lagos State Ministry of Education.
“The competition has helped students/pupils improve on their spelling skills, increase vocabulary and develop correct English usage,’’ she said.
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the price tag is too small compere to BBA or multina dance that worth millions of naira. that price can't pay for a year school fees. this is even coming from a senator!!!!! oluremi Tunibu HABA!!!!! upon all our millions in ur pocket!
ReplyDeletesorry, public schools doesn't pay school fee. The token is just a motivation.i expect u to talk about given the child scholarship all through her education pursuit.
ReplyDeleteWhat is most striking here is that the first, second and third positions went to pupils from public government schools. It goes to imply that expensive private schools do not translate into sound and qualitative education. Even though you cannot rule out "education by class of association", it's highly imperative that Government develop the public educational system to the level that it attracts both the rich and the poor and gives the private setups a run for their money. Great minds exist in these public schools that can be harnessed if the right resources are channeled into the educational system. "Good thinking, good product"...
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