Babalola, others shine at varsity’s national quiz competition

A SENIOR secondary student of Oritamefa Baptist Model Secondary School, Oluwasayo Babalola, has emerged winner of the second Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU) National Quiz Competition.

  Babalola emerged winner after a tough final round, which he had to contend with second and third place winners, Olayide Ibrahim of Straitgate College, Ishara, Remo and Ifeoluwa Oyelami of St. Anthony’s High School, Ilesa, respectively.

   For coming tops, Babalola won himself a full scholarship to study his course of choice at JABU; the sum of N50, 000 and library upgrade and desktop computer for his school. The scholarship is worth N4m.

   For finishing in second place, Ibrahim will pay only 50 per cent of the N4m worth of school fees to study in the institution; the sum of N40, 000; library upgrade and desktop computer for her school, while Oyelami won a 25 per cent discount on fees (which is worth N1m); the sum of N30, 000; library upgrade and desktop computer for his school.

  The competition put together by JABU had about 80 secondary schools that participated across the federation, and all participants were tested in English Language, Mathematics and aptitude tests after which the top 20 contestants were shortlisted. The top five performers were thereafter selected for a round of spelling competition, where the winners emerged. 

  Explaining the rationale behind the competition, vice chancellor of the university, Prof. Sola Fajana, said the competition was designed to enhance healthy contest among students. 

   The professor of Labour and Human Resource Management said it was geared towards ensuring that students achieve academic excellence, since that was a major factor in achieving national excellence. “It is also an avenue to make positive impact within our immediate environment.”