Search for 2017 Cowbellpedia Maths Champion Starts

Cowbell Milk from the stables of Promasidor Nigeria Limited has announced the commencement of the search for the 2017 edition of the popular educative TV Quiz show, Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz show.

Promasidor’s Managing, Director, Olivier Thiry, explained that though Cowbell had been involved in the improvement of standard of education in Nigeria especially Mathematics in the last two decades, the company last year brought all its intervention under one umbrella.

 He added that this year’s edition would further provide credible platform for identifying and rewarding excellence in Mathematics among Junior and Senior Secondary School students in Nigeria, he added.

Thiry noted that across the globe, investment in education had assumed a new frontier as governments and corporate bodies have realized the need to build capacity in STEM courses which Mathematics is a key component of and which represents a driving force for development in the 21st century.

Like in the previous editions, the Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz Show is open to students in JSS 3 and SS 2 from 10 – 18 years of age attending full time secondary education in both public and private schools in Nigeria.

While entry into this competition is free, contestants are required to register online or pick up a registration form at the State Ministries of Education offices nationwide.

The competition is divided into two Stages; Qualifying Written Examination and TV Quiz Show.

“For the Stage one, we are continuing with the initiative that we started in 2016 for Mixed Secondary Schools to nominate minimum of two girls for each category to represent such schools. This is our own little way of encouraging the girl child to take interest in education especially the STEM courses,” he said.

The ultimate winner of the competition is handsomely rewarded with N1,000,000 cash prize and a foreign all-expense paid educational excursion while the first and second runners up will go home with N750,000 and N500,000 respectively.

Also speaking at the event, National Examination Council, NECO, Registrar who was represented by Director, Quality Assurance, Dr. Ikechukwu Anyanwu extolled Promasidor’s innovative approach to Mathematics education in Nigeria.

Last year’s winners, Miss Juliet Ekoko and Master Ayooluwa Oguntade also commended Promasidor for the opportunity given to them to horn their Mathematics skill through the television Quiz Show.