Cowbell Mathematics Competition 2015

The Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competition is an event sponsored by Cowbell Milk (a quality food product from Promasidor Nigeria Limited) and approved by the Federal Ministry of Education.

We have been running this competition nationally for over a decade and it is widely acclaimed as one of the most credible educational competitions in Nigeria that truly seeks to reward excellence.

We wish to express our sincere gratitude for the total support and encouragement given to the competition during the previous editions and to seek your continued support in our efforts to help our students develop an interest in mathematics, science and vocational subjects, in line with the National Curriculum, so that we can together move education forward in Nigeria.

The 2015 edition marks the 15th year sponsorship of NASSMAC by Cowbell. To commemorate this feat, the Second Stage has been modified to include an interactive QUIZ format (Quarter-Final, Semi-final & Final).

Also, the prize money has been improved for both students and teachers. This is part of Cowbell’s effort in rewarding excellence.

There are prizes for Candidates and Teachers both at the State and National levels. Apart from cash prizes, the National Champions and their Teachers will be sponsored to an all expense paid vacation.

The best three schools in each category will receive Mathematics Textbooks and High Class Metal Sign Posts bearing the name of the school. In addition, the Schools producing the first Prize Winner in each category at the National level will receive 5 Desktop Computers and a Printer each.

How to enter

1. The Mathematics Competition is open to students from 10 - 18 years of age attending full time Secondary Education in both Public and Private Schools in Nigeria.

2. Entry into this competition is FREE.

3. Each School is required to present their BEST six (6) students in Mathematics (three from JSS3 and three from SSS2), irrespective of sex, religion, tribe or state of origin, to enhance their chances of qualifying for the next stage of the competition.

4. Each School head should collect six (6) registration forms which must be correctly filled, stamped and signed by the School Principal and presented by the Students to the offcials at the examination centre on the examination day.

School Principals may also download registration forms online at www.promasidor-ng.com.

Forms can also be obtained at the various State Ministries of Education Pan Nigeria and Promasidor Nig. Ltd, depots and offices nationwide. Please note that photocopied forms are allowed, as long as the School Principal endorses it.
5. The organizers would like this competition announced daily at the assembly and the posters conspicuously displayed at all Notice Boards, Assembly Halls and School entrances.

Rules and Regulations

1. The First stage examination will hold in all states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at 10:00am. However, accreditation of all candidates begins at 8:00am.

2. Candidates must come to their designated examination centres with their Registration Forms.

3. Late comers will not be allowed to write the examination.

4. Candidates are to come along with only a pencil, biro, eraser, ruler and statistical table, NO CALCULATORS WILL BE ALLOWED.

5. Any act of misconduct will lead to disqualifcation of the candidate.

6. All candidates MUST be in their School Uniform.

7. Please refer to examination centre list to check for the centre nearest you.

8. The competition is ONLY open to Students in JSS 3 and SSS 2. Candidates in any other Grade/Class will be disqualifed.

9. The decision of the board of examiners is fnal! We shall not enter into any correspondence with anyone regarding the conduct of this examination.

Second stage Reloaded

The mechanics of Second Stage has been refreshed to include an exciting quiz segment. 54 Students from junior and senior category will qualify for the Second Stage reloaded.

The top 20 students from around the country and representatives from 33 states of the federation and the FCT.

Category a: junior category
This category is made up of students in JSS 3.

Category b: Senior Category
This category is made up of students in SSS 2.

please note

· Candidates are advised to check their results online at www.promasidor-ng.com as from Wednesday, May 20th, 2015.

·We strongly recommend that students sit for the examination at centres nearest to them

· Results can also be obtained from respective State Ministries of Education and Promasidor Nigeria Ltd Offces nationwide.

· Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the second stage of the examination

· The decision of the Board of Examiners is final. We shall not enter into any correspondence with anyone regarding the conduct of this examination

· The Second Stage of the examination would be in an exciting Quiz format – Quarter-finals, Semi- finals and finals.

50% Pass English & Mathematics says NECO

THE National Examinations Council has released the November/December 2014 results with the examination body saying there is remarkable improvement when
compared its previous examinations.

The results show 52.94 per cent credit pass in English Language and 55.37 per cent credit pass in Mathematics.

Registrar and the Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof. Promise Nwachukwu Okpala, while announcing the results at the council’s national headquarters in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday, noted that the results were an improvement on the previous exams conducted between 2011 and 2014.

Okpala said that 63,445 candidates registered for the examinations, out of which 61,386 actually sat for the papers with 30.57 per cent of the candidates recording five credits and above.

An analysis of the other core subjects showed that 53,848 candidates sat for Biology with 26,947 pass credit level, representing 50.04 per cent; Chemistry had 28,250 candidates with 14, 858 pass at credit level, representing 51.62 per cent; 28,222 sat for Physics with 57 pass at credit level, representing 0.20 per cent.

Also, 1,753 candidates sat for Further Mathematics and 395 passed at credit level, representing 22.53 per cent; and Agricultural Science had 41,080 candidates with 12,006 pass at credit level, representing 29.22 per cent.

The registrar said 620 cases of malpractices were recorded. Okpala urged students to shun all forms of examination malpractices, saying the council had consistently made attempts to eradicate examination malpractices.

2015 Kandaval schools table tennis

ORGANISERS of the 2015 edition of the Kandaval Inter-School Table Tennis Championship, tagged Kandaval Cup, have named Isheri Grammar School, Ojodu Berger, Lagos, as the venue of the competition.

The competition brings together five schools that have qualified from the several zones across the state to battle for the top prizes in the boys and girls categories.

These schools
include hosts Isheri Grammar School, Ojodu, Wesley Girls Secondary School, Yaba, St. Finbarr’s College, Yaba, Sanya Grammar School, Ijeshatedo and Jubril Martins Grammar School, Iponri.

According to Kandaval, the aim of the
competition is to help unearth new talents for the country and as part of the initiative, top national coaches will help to identify talents at the event.

Speaking on the competition, the Managing Director of Kandaval, Tony Obot, pledged the company’s commitment to the game, adding
that the organisers have donated table tennis boards, bats, balls and other accessories to help the participating schools and participants to tune up for the competition.

Guests expected at the event are former
Nigerian ping-pong king, Babatunde Obisanya and Tony Ubani of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, among other top dignitaries from the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation.

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Fake WASSCE Syllabus in Circulation

THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
Private Mail Bag No. 1022, Yaba, Lagos


FAKE VERSION OF WASSCE REGULATIONS AND SYLLABUSES IN CIRCULATION

The attention of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has been drawn to the existence of a fake version of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) Regulations and Syllabuses, copies of which are being sold to the Public by unscrupulous persons.


Features of the fake Version (which a blue cover and contains 568 pages) are as follows:

1. Listing of expired texts (2006-2010) for Lit-In-English, Arabic and Nigerian Languages;

2. Omission of Syllabuses for all the newly-introduced trade subjects;

3. Wrong examination Scheme and contents for revised syllabuses in several subjects;

4. Out-dated information on the Current Chairman of Council, the Registrar and the locations of the offices of the Council;

5. Wrong validity period spanning 2013 - 2016.


Members of the public who wish to purchase hard copies of the approved WASSCE Regulations and Syllabuses (2014 - 2016) are advised to contact the Council's offices nationwide. Schools can also download the Regulations and Syllabuses from the WAEC e-registration site: www​.waeconline.org.ng


SIGNED : Management
Wednesday January 28th 2015.

Biggest Education Show in Africa - TOSSE 2015

The TOSSE "T’esperience" is the Total Experience we create for our visitors and exhibitors. For six years, it’s been one filled with satisfaction, cheers and plenty more.

 “You ran a great show. I even overheard a man raving about what an incredible experience this was for him; very proud it was all put together here in Nigeria! You made him proud…and made me proud too. Thank you.
Congratulations to you and your (well-oiled) team.”
2013 Exhibitor

A very big thank you to Edumark, the organizers of TOSSE 2014. Well done. The exhibition was wonderfully organized. More grease to your elbow for giving the education sector such a powerful lift.
2014 Exhibitor

With over 7000 educators expected at this year’s event, TOSSE is the right platform to navigate your way in the education world.


We are quite excited about the numerous benefits we have for our Exhibitors at the 7th Edition of the Total School Support Seminar/Exhibition scheduled to hold as follows:
 
Date: 11th / 12th of June, 2015
Venue: Ten Degrees Event Centre, Billings Way, Oregun, Lagos, Nigeria.
Time: 10:00 am daily 

The theme for this edition is "Inspiring the Future" and we expect a 50% rise in our attendance. We recorded over 4,000 visitors from about 19 states at the last Edition.

For the Education community, TOSSE is the place to learn, to see, and to get the most innovative products/services.

We invite you to join us at TOSSE 2015 and reach out to the Education market. Vast Networking opportunities, viable business leads, presentations... all in a fully airconditioned and safe environment.

We would certainly be delighted to welcome your organisation to TOSSE 2015.

Simply e-mail or phone us our executives would provide all the information you need.

For Exhibition Space, Product Presentation, Brochure Advert, Venue Branding, Handbill Distribution, Ushers Branding
 
Yinka Ogunde
CEO, EDUMARK CONSULT

For Exhibition space, advert in Event brochure and presentation.

Contact:
0709 317 5270  |  0812 758 6122  |  0802 839 9138 
 
Email:
info@tosse.com.ng
info@edumarkng.com 

Call: 0709 317 5270 | 0812 758 6122.
EDUMARK CONSULT
18, Oyetola Idowu Street, Off Sura Mogaji
Coker Road, Ilupeju
Lagos 100211
Nigeria

Email: info@tosse.com.ng

Researches shows girls lead boys in academicachievement globally

CONSIDERABLE attention has been paid to how
boys’ educational achievements in science and
math compare to girls’ accomplishments in
those areas, often leading to the assumption
that boys outperform girls in these areas.
Now, using international data, researchers
at the University of Missouri, United States, and
the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland,
have determined that girls outperform boys in
educational achievement in 70 per cent of the
countries they studied regardless of the level of
gender, political, economic or social equality.

Curators Professor of Psychological
Sciences in the College of Arts and Science at
MU, David Geary, said: “We studied the
educational achievement levels of 1.5 million
15-year-olds from around the world using data
collected between 2000 and 2010,” “Even in
countries where women’s liberties are severely
restricted, we found that girls are outperforming
boys in reading, mathematics, and science
literacy by age 15, regardless of political,
economic, social or gender equality issues and
policies found in those countries.”

According to the data, boys fall behind girls
in overall achievement across reading,
mathematics, and science in 70 percent of the
countries studied. Boys outperform girls in only
three countries or regions: Colombia, Costa Rica
and the Indian state, Himachal Pradesh. Boys
and girls had similar educational achievements
in the United States and United Kingdom.
In countries known for relatively low gender
equality ratings, such as Qatar, Jordan and the
United Arab Emirates, the educational
achievement gap is relatively large and favours
girls.

The one exception worldwide is among
students in economically developed nations
where high achieving boys outperform high
achieving girls, researchers said.
“With the exception of high-achievers, boys
have poorer educational outcomes than girls
around the world, independent of social equality
indicators,” said Gijsbert Stoet, reader in
psychology at the University of Glasgow.

“Results show that a commitment to gender
equality on its own is not enough to close the
achievement gaps in global education; the gap
is not increasing. Although it is vital that we
promote gender equality in schools, we also
need to make sure that we’re doing more to
understand why these gaps, especially among
boys, persist and what other policies we can
develop to close them.”

The study also has important implications for
educational policy, the researchers said.
“The data will influence how policymakers
think about the options available,” said Geary.

“For example, to increase levels of equal
opportunities in education. We believe that
policymakers and educators should not expect
that broad progress in social equality will
necessarily result in educational equality. In
fact, we found that with the exception of high
achievers, boys have poorer educational
outcomes than girls around the world,
independent of social equality indicators.

Therefore, in order to effectively close the gaps
in achievement, education policymakers should
consider factors other than political, economic
and social equality, and especially as related to
boys’ overall achievement and high-achieving
girls’ interest in mathematics and science.”

This is not right says NUT!

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to go on strike after the Federal Government approval of Monday 22nd September as the new school resumption date. NUT says if the government fail to put in place measures to protect the teacher, students, non-teaching staff and school environment from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). The Federal Government says schools are to resume 22nd September as there is no scientific basis for schools to remain shut. NUT President Michael Alogba said that don't the Government know that the immunity level of children is not as high as that of adult. Why do you want to open schools when you have not cleared out the Virus, when about 400 people are under surveillance in Port Harcourt and Lagos? The NUT President stated that the 2014 World Teachers’ Day scheduled for October 5 would not hold, saying that teachers should rather be allowed to use the day to organise all necessary sensitisation programmes to get themselves ready for school resumption. In reaction to threat by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) to embark on a nationwide strike as a result of school resumption date moved forward by the federal government, President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed for a rethink.

Addressing journalists yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President pleaded with the NUT not to embark on the proposed industrial action, noting that there was no longer cause for alarm as the country is now almost free and well prepared to stem any new cases of Ebola that may emerge. The President explained that the continued shutting down of schools will only amount to the continuous stigmatization of Nigerian citizens as this sends out the wrong signals. Parents are saying my children wont resume until, am clear about this EVD in the country. The Government are heartless, their schooling abroad, and they are planning to put other peoples children's lives in danger.

Governor Mukhtar Yero Ramalan of Kaduna State at the 1st Workshop in the Federation for teachers on Ebola on Thursday 11th of September, 2014 said #116 million will be earmarked for the training and sensitization of teachers in all Public and Private Schools within the 3 Senatorial zones in Kaduna. Schools are free to resume in October 2014 if they were yet to be prepared against the scourge. He plans to train 13,000 teachers on the prevention of Ebola, provide each school with 2 thermometers if the students population is 500 and below, 4 thermometers for schools with 1000 students but the schools can provide more thermometers if necessary. Before resumption, all schools must organize a workshop on Ebola, provide buckets, liquid soap in all classrooms for the students and replace the batteries of their Clinical Thermometer. Also, no private School must increase school fees without following necessary laid down rules at the Flag off training workshop for teachers organized by the state.

In Port Harcourt, later this month more than 5,000 teachers gathered on September 15 to hear teams from the Ebola Emergency Operation Centre (EEOC) talk of the dreaded disease. “With schools set to reopen this month, it is crucial that teachers understand how this disease is spread and how to protect oneself, so that they can pass... Zamfara Extends Schools’ Resumption to October 13. Whew ! We are making Progress Photos/sources: www.ngex.com www.ynaija.com www.punchng.com www.sunnewsonline.com