A cash prize of N700,000, a
Laptop and other gifts will be presented to the overall winner of the 2014 PZ
Cussons Chemistry Challenge for which the call for entry is running till
November 24. The competition, which is in its second year, is open to SS 2 and
SS3 in Secondary schools in Lagos State.
The first to third
runners-ups will also win Laptops and cash prizes ranging from N300,000 to
N500,000 while Teachers and Schools of the top four contestants will also be
rewarded with cash prizes and Chemistry books.
Addressing stakeholders at the media launch last
Tuesday, the Corporate Affairs Director of PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, Mrs Yomi
Ifaturoti said that PZ Cussons Foundation focuses on education, health, road
rehabilitation and provision of portable water and to date has executed over 45
of such projects in 30 locations round the country.
She encouraged interested
contestants to either download free entry forms from the dedicated website, www.pzcussonschemistrychallenge.com, pick up from the Lagos State Ministry of
Education, Alausa Ikeja, or the six educational district offices across the
state.
In announcing the call for
entries to the second edition, the General Manager of Redwood Consulting, Mrs
Modupe Badiru announced that the first stage of the competition will hold in 10
centres across Lagos State; an increase from the previous 8 centres to allow
more students to participate.
With only two students per
school allowed to participate in the competition, the school authorities are
encouraged to send in their best Chemistry students. According to Badiru,
students are to be sponsored by their schools, while candidates are advised to
provide their contact phone numbers and email addresses through which their
examination centres would be communicated.
Engr. Tunde Oyelola, a
member of the Board of Trustees of PZ Cussons Foundation, explained that the
corporate social responsibility initiative was designed to stimulate and
promote the learning of Chemistry among Nigerian secondary school students. He
further said that “Other objectives are to develop the science IQ of secondary
school students and to demonstrate the relevance and role of Chemistry in our
society.”
Sponsored by PZ Cussons
Foundation, the PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge 2014, has received the
endorsements and support of the Chemistry Society of Nigeria, the Lagos State
Government and the National Association of Parents Teachers Association of
Nigeria.
Sixteen-year-old Emmanuel
Ejiogu Onyekachi, who was a student of Miketoy College, Ikotun, Lagos State,
beat all contestants to win the star prize in the 2013 inaugural edition.
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