Iyanuoluwa Osewa and Abiodun Bello both from The Ambassadors
College, Ota, Ogun State last weekend repeated the feat of their respective
students who won last year’s Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz
Show, sponsored by Cowbell, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited.
In the Teachers’ edition of the competition, which was
conceived to mark the World Teachers’ Day, teachers of the 12 finalists in the
Junior and Senior categories of the 2016 edition of the competition, slugged it
out.
The World Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually and brings
together governments, multi- and bilateral organisations, NGOs, private sector
players, teachers and experts in the field of teaching to mark achievements and
reflect on ways to counter the challenges facing the teaching profession.
In the Junior category, Osewa, whose student Juliet Ekoro
won that category last year, emerged the champion having contested with Ezekiel
Adeyemi of Bibo Oluwa Academy, Ilesa, Osun State and Esther Emmanuel of Scholars
Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State. Other teachers who participated
were Abosede Adeolu of Greater Tomorrow International College, Arigidi-Akoko,
Ondo State; Emmanuel Aina and Alabi Akoredele, both of The Ambassadors College,
Ota, Ogun State.
Osewa, son of Samson Osewa, the Proprietor of Ambassadors
College, scored 100 points to win the ultimate prize of a branded laptop and a
plaque. “I have loved Mathematics since I was young and my father is my
greatest role model. If I had not been a teacher, I would have been an
engineer,” he said.
In the Senior category, Kolawole Bello, the teacher of 2016
Senior category winner Ayooluwa Oguntade, triumphed over Fatai Ganiyu Babatunde
and Jimoh Muyideen, both of Ota Total Academy and Yunus Olaniyi of The
Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State. Both schools are located in Ota, Ogun
State. Other teachers who fell by the way side are Kehinde Oludare of Bibo
Oluwa Academy, Ilesa, Osun State and Abdul Abiodun of The Ambassadors College,
Ota, Ogun State.
Bello, scored 50 points to claim the ultimate prize of a
branded laptop and a plaque. “I am happy and very proud of myself. My victory
is dedicated to God and my student who made me proud by being a finalist,” he
told journalists outside the studio in Lagos last weekend.
The 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematic TV Quiz
continues this weekend. It will be aired to millions of viewers on DSTv Africa
Magic Family Channel, AIT Network and other six television stations across the
country.
The ultimate prize in the Senior and Junior categories is N1
million each and an all-expense-paid educational excursion outside the country.
The first and second runner-ups for each category will go home with N750,000
and N500,000 respectively.
Each teacher of the 2017 champions will be awarded N400,000,
while those of the first and second runner-ups will receive N300,000 and
N200,000 respectively. Also, the winning schools will be rewarded with
mathematics textbooks, desktop computers and printers.
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