Funmi Ogundare
Community Senior High School, Wasimi, has emerged total champion in an inter-school Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competitors, organised by Redeemer’s International Secondary School (RISS), Maryland, Lagos, with a N1 million grant to improve its amenities.
The successful college’s pupil representatives may even obtain N250,000 every, whereas Mende Senior High School, which got here second, will obtain N150,000 per pupil. Army Cantonment Senior Secondary School, which completed third, will obtain N100,000 per pupil.
The competitors was organised as a part of actions marking RISS’s thirtieth anniversary to advertise academic improvement and assist public colleges throughout the state.
Speaking on the grand finale lately, the Principal of RISS, Mrs Feyisara Osinupebi, famous that the initiative was designed to rejoice the college’s three many years of educational excellence by contributing to the event of under-resourced studying environments inside its host neighborhood.
Osinupebi defined that the college would assess the wants of Community Senior High School, Wasimi, earlier than committing the grant to upgrading its amenities.
She added that the scholars from the highest three colleges would obtain their respective money prizes, whereas academics who ready them for the competitors would additionally obtain tokens of appreciation.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Tolani Alli-Balogun, who was represented on the occasion, recommended RISS for extending its company social accountability efforts to pupils in public colleges.
He urged different non-public academic establishments to undertake related initiatives to strengthen collaboration between private and non-private colleges and enhance academic outcomes.
The Head of the Organising Committee and Head of Science Department at RISS, Mr Francis Victor, mentioned the competitors was organised in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Education to make sure tutorial rigour, transparency and equity.
According to him, the competitors was performed by a digital, paperless platform, eliminating the usage of pen and paper.
“We asked ourselves how best to give back to our community to mark 30 years of impact. We secured statutory approval from the state education ministry, targeted state-owned schools within our local catchment, and deployed a seamless, technology-driven platform without pen and paper,” he mentioned.
Victor disclosed that 26 colleges have been invited, whereas 16 public colleges participated in the competitors, which featured three elimination phases.
The contest was subsequently narrowed to 6 colleges, then 4, earlier than the highest three finalists emerged. He mentioned Promasidor and the RISS Parents Association supported the competitors, including that the general public college pupils’ efficiency confirmed their capability to excel when given applicable digital instruments and alternatives.
The English Language instructor who led the successful college’s contingent, Mr Kehinde Kuje, attributed the victory to the college’s academics and their dedication to protecting college students academically ready.
He mentioned the scholars maintained their composure regardless of receiving details about the competitors at quick discover.
“It was the collective effort of every teacher at Community Senior High School, Wasimi. We drill our students consistently to ensure they are exam-ready at all times, even when memos arrive late. This victory proves that dedication in public education will never be in vain,” Kuje mentioned.
One of the successful college students, Adeniyi-Yisa Aduragbemi, who research science, attributed the college’s success to persistent analysis on the library and urged different public college pupils to stay disciplined in their research.
His teammate, Muhammad Abubakar, thanked their academics for offering the coaching and assist that enabled them to excel in the digital competitors.
