The Nigerian Army has awarded scholarships to four students of the Command Secondary School, Makola, Ibadan in Oyo state and Command Secondary School Ede Osun State for their outstanding academic performance.
The General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Mohammed Usman gave the awards to the students who performed excellently in the Armed Forces Mathematics Olympiad Competition 2023 organized by the Ministry of Defence for Armed Forces Schools recently in Abuja.
The students are Sofiat Lawal and Adesewa Ojediran both of CDSS Ede as well as Okeke Christopher and Showunmi Abdul Somad of CDSS Makola.
In his remarks, the GOC stated that the event is to reward the students and their teachers for their hard work as well as encourage them to keep it up.
He further stated that he has contracted an Educational Consultant to carry out a 2 days training workshop for the teachers at each of the Command Secondary Schools in 2 Division’s Areas of Responsibility to help build on their capacity.
Maj Gen Usman expressed joy in their performance especially in Mathematics assuring the students of his readiness to reward them abundantly.
In his welcome address, the Acting Director of 2 Division Education Service Lt Col Thafa Musa congratulated the students for their outstanding performance during the competition. He also thanked the GOC for awarding the deserving students.
In the same vein the Zonal Director of Quality Assurance Ministry of Defence, Mrs Fumilayo Adeoye stated that the Olympiad Mathematics competition was organized by the Ministry of Defense (Education department) Abuja in collaboration with the National Mathematics Center Abuja.
She further stated that the Command Day Secondary School Ibadan has done well to come 1st in the competition while Command Secondary School Ede also came 3rd.
The Armed Forces Mathematics Olympiad Competition 2023 was held in Abuja by the Ministry of Defence and involved 110 Armed Forces Schools in Nigeria that participated in the competition. This year’s event took place on 23 March 2023