NECO and UTME
The
Learn Africa Education Development Foundation has concluded plans to
honour outstanding candidates in this year’s Learn Africa-NECO
Excellence Awards.
LAEDF is the corporate social responsibility arm of Learn Africa Plc.
According to the foundation,the
institution of the Learn Africa-NECO Excellence Awards is in furtherance
of the company’s commitment to the promotion of academic excellence.
The company made this known in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Thursday.
According to the statement, the presentation of the awards will take place between November 24 and 28.
It explained that there were two categories of awards: national and state.
The national awards , the statement
added,would go to the overall best three candidates – Nder Samuel of the
Vaatia College, Makurdi, Benue State (first); Adesokan Sakirudeen and
Raji Quadri both of the St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu,
Lagos State, who came second and third respectively.
“As part of the national awards, Learn
Africa Education Development Foundation will also present prizes to the
overall best candidates in four selected subjects: Mathematics, English
Language, Biology and History,” it added.
The foundation explained that the awards
for Biology and History were recently endowed in honour of the memory of
two Nigerians who distinguished themselves in their professional
calling.
It said, “Dr Stella Adadevoh was that
brave doctor who literally resisted the spread of Ebola Virus Disease in
the country, while Prof. Jacob Ade Ajayi, a one-time Vice-Chancellor of
the University of Lagos, was a world renowned Historian. These great
people are certainly worthy of emulation by our youths.”
In the state awards category, 111
candidates comprising three best performing candidates in each of the
states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, will be recognised and
rewarded.
According to the statement, 50 of the state awardees are female, while 61 of them are male.
It added that one teacher from the school
of the first prize winner in each state would receive special
recognition during the award ceremony in appreciation of their
contributions to the pupils’ success at the NECO June/July SSCE in 2014.
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