Foundation partners Kwara Govt. for inter-secondary school quiz

Date: 2018-07-13

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Saliu Mustapha Foundation has partnered the Kwara Government to organise a quiz competition in English Language and Mathematics among secondary schools in the state.

Briefing newsmen in Ilorin on Thursday, Mr Yakub Ishowo, the co-coordinator of the foundation said that the partnership was borne out of the desire of the foundation to empowering the leaders of tomorrow in the area of education.

Ishowo noted that the competition would also foster community development and improving students' interest in education.

The competition themed "Investment in Education, the solution to all Problems, he said would drawn participants from the three senatorial districts of the state.

"The choice of this theme is timely as our country is currently faced with problems of insecurity, destabilised systems of education among others.

"Therefore, with huge investment in education, all problems can easily be solved", he said.

Ishowo announced that 60 schools would participate in the preliminary stage of the competition out of which 30 would qualify for the grand finale in Ilorin.

He added that the best three schools in each category would be handsomely rewarded alongside their subject teachers.

The co-ordinator asserted that the competition was one in the series of feats that had earned the foundation good reputation in the state and beyond.

In his remark, the state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajia Balikisu Oniyangi said that the state agreed to partnership because the programme was designed to promote scholarship among secondary schools in the state.

"This competition will also inspire and ignite our students' passion for the core subject as they serve as foundation of any chosen career.

:This explains why the Kwara Government through the ministry is partnering Saliu Mustapha Foundation in this laudable project.

"It must be placed on record that the present government is committed to improving the standard of education in the state through adequate funding and provision of necessary infrastructural facilities", she said.

Oniyangi urged individuals and corporate bodies to see education as a collective responsibility and contribute to the sector through endowment, building of facilities and scholarship among others.

The commissioner commended the initiative of the foundation and urged others to emulate it to have a vibrant education sector.

She assured stakeholders in education of the state government's readiness for partnership that would advance the education sector.

the competition is bid to hold between July 21 and Aug. 4.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ishola Abdullahi     Bursary     KWASSIP     Ibrahim Mashood     Oye Tinuoye     Pakata Patriots     Timothy Akangbe     Shagari     Dele Momodu     Hussein Oloyede     Kumbi Titiloye     Modibo Kawu     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Kisira     SSA Youth     Saka Adeyemo     Shero     Dan Iya     Lawan     Valsolar Consortium     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Shonga Farm Project     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Salihu S. Yaru     Lanre Jimoh     Adama Isa     Kunle Suleiman     Saliu Ajia     V.O. Abioye     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Kwara Apc     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Kwara University Of Education     Oke-Odo     Raymond Olaitan     Durosinlohun Atiku     Obayomi Azeez     Nigerian Army     Jare Olatundun     Ibrahim Abiodun     Shao     Smart School     Sa\'adu Gambari     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     SAPZ Project     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Read With Me     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Akanbi-Oke     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Otoge     SWAN     Sebastine Obasi     Okasanmi Ajayi     Kola Ologbondiyan     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Elerin Of Adanla     Salaudeen Oyewale     Oniye     Isiaka Danmeromu     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Paul Olawoore     Prince Bola Ajibola     Pilgrims Board     Jamiu Oyawoye     Salman Suleiman     Ben Duntoye     Nigerian Medical Association     Police Commissioner     Olatinwo     GAMA     Danhawa     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Kwara 2019    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

ANCOPPS     Moses Afolayan     Ibrahim Labaika     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Abiodun Oyedepo     Owode Market     Bamidele Aluko     Omotoso Musa     Afolayan     Sola Saraki University     Bisi Oyeleke     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Shoprite     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Sheikh Ariyibi     Yunus Oniboki     Awodun     Ayekale     Balogun Gambari     Matthew Okedare     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     IDPU     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ben Duntoye     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Owo Arugbo     Sarah Alade     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Jimoh Akani     Hassan Oyeleke     Ubandawaki     Shuaib Abdulkadir     RTEAN     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Okin Group     Kola Ologbondiyan     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Sulyman Buhari     Oke-Odo     Adeleke Ogungbe     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     International Vocational Centre     Dankaka     Alagbado     Garba Dogo     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Elekoyangan     Bolaji Nagode     Halimah Perogi     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Jide Oyinloye     Bamikole Omishore     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Saduki Lafiagi     Bankole Omishore     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Kwara University Of Education     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Monkey Pox     Jare Olatundun     Musa Alhassan Buge     Michael Nzekwe     A.E. Afolabi     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Rabiu Kwankwaso     07039448763     Ramadhan     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Ayoade Akinnibosun