Students of Pioneer Education Centre, Edo State, were overwhelmed with joy as they emerged overall winners of the 2025 PEARLs Quiz Competition for secondary schools across Edo and Delta States, sponsored by Seplat Energy Plc in partnership with NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL).

The victory, which earned the school a N10m cash prize, marked a triumph for Edo State as the competition’s grand finale celebrated academic brilliance, innovation, and leadership among secondary school students.

Notre Dame College, Uzoro, Delta State, clinched second place, walking away with N5m, while Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, Benin City, took the third position and N3m. Ogini Model College, Ogharefe-Oghara, Delta State, received a consolation prize for participation.

The PEARLs Quiz, an acronym for Promoting Exceptional and Respectable Leaders, is one of Seplat Energy JV’s flagship Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes designed to promote academic excellence, foster critical thinking, and nurture leadership among young Nigerians.