For solving 17 Maths questions in one
minute, a pupil of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State,
Oluwatunmise Idowu, has set a new record in the annual Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television quiz.
Idowu, 13, set the new record when she
slugged it out in the Group B stage of the on-going competition with
Ayomide Nafisat Abdulwaheed, a JSS 3 pupil of Reality High School,
Osogbo, Osun State; Olajide Osoba of Atlantic Hall, Epe, Lagos State;
Edidiong Okon of Topfaith International Secondary School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State; Charles Adesoba of Petoa City College, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State;
and Vanessa Ibol of NOWA Secondary School, New Kashi, Nassarawa State.
With the new record, Idowu has beat the
record of 15/60 seconds set last year by Ayodeji Akinkuowo of Adeyemi
Demonstration College, Ondo State. Akinkuowo eventually won the senior
category of the competition.
The competition is an annual programme
organised by Promasidor Nigeria Limited. The phase won by Idowu involved
a test of contestants’ speed and accuracy as they were required to
answer as many questions as possible in 60 seconds.
Idowu, who said she spends four hours practising Mathematics everyday, also hopes to win the crown this year.
“I want to win. My parents want me to
win, just like my school also wants me victorious. Winning the crown
will be the greatest gift I want from God this year. Apart from the one
million naira prize, the bragging right in my school and among my
friends will be inestimable. I can’t wait for the glorious moment. I
pray for God’s favour,” she said.
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