The mental fireworks for season five of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the...
The mental fireworks for season five of the Cowbellpedia Secondary
Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the
flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, began last weekend in Lagos with
high expectation on the part of the participating students and their teachers.
With a grand prize of N2million and bragging right at stake, the 108
students who scaled the hurdles of the qualifying examination in February 2019,
were optimistic about their chances of becoming the 2019 Cowbellpedia champion.
The contestants are also aiming at beating the record set last year by
Miss Faith Odunsi of The Ambassador College, Ota Ogun State, who solved 19
Mathematics questions within the 60
seconds of fame segment of the competition.
The quiz show which will run for 12 weeks, is divided into nine preliminary
stages, and three semi-finals before the
grand finale in November 2019. The organisers also promised that this year’s
edition would be more educative and fun-filled as Cowbellpedia is committed to
“nurturing great inventors”.
In the contest last weekend, Master Okafor Ebubechukwu of Saint Francis
Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, Lagos, and Master Salami Ayorinde of Princely
Academy, Ota, Ogun State moved into the semi-finals of the junior category. The
senior category produced Master Uche-Nwichi Jessey - the 2017 junior champion
and Master Iroghama Uyiosa both of Graceland International School, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State as semi-finalists.
Aside the N2 million grand prize, Managing Director of Promasidor
Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson disclosed that the winner in each of
categories, (junior and senior) will enjoy an all-expense paid educational
excursion outside the country at the end of the initiative.
In addition, the first and second runners-up in each category will
receive N1.5 million and N1 million respectively, while the teachers of the top
prize winners will be awarded N500, 000. Those of the first and second
runners-up will receive N400, 000 and N300, 000 respectively.
The 2019 edition of Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematic TV Quiz
continues this weekend. It will be aired on DSTV Africa Magic Family Channel,
AIT Network and other six television stations across the country.
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