Oyo Student to Represent Nigeria in Switzerland for competition

An Oyo State student, Miss Rosemary Anuoluwapo Ajiboye of Sacred Heart College, Akinyemi Ibadan, is to represent Nigeria in the final international Physics Olympiads Competition, in Switzerland, between 7th – 12th July, 2022.

The selection came as a result of her emergence as the winner of the second round of the Nigeria Mathematics and Science Olympiads Competition, in which eleven states of the country were represented.

Similarly, Master Asala Oreoluwa of Government College, Ibadan, has won the June 2022 edition of the National Schools Essay Writing Competition, organised by Human Capital Development, held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abdu-Raheem, expressed delight over the performances of the students and the management of their schools, while hosting one of the students ’Anuoluwapo Ajiboye’ at his office in Ibadan.

He said the feat is an indication that the investments of the state administration in the education sector has been yielding desirable fruits.

Abdu-Raheem also described the noble feats attained by the students as good omens to Oyo State and the country at large and expressed satisfaction in the performance of the various stakeholders, like the teachers and the state education monitoring units.

The commissioner further maintained confidence in the upward performance of schools in the state in both external examinations and national competitions.

He said: “This is another indication of positive yields coming from the investments of the state administration, under the watchful eyes of Governor Seyi Makinde, in education. We are just witnessing the beginning in the areas of individual students’ performances.

“We shall soon witness the same in the performance of the state in external and national examinations, which is already reflected in our national position over time,” the commissioner concluded.

Olusola Akintonde