Learn Africa- NECO Excellence award presentation

Wednesday 2 December 2015 will
remain unforgettable for recipients of
the Learn Africa-NECO Excellence
Awards sponsored by the Learn Africa
Education Development Foundation
(LAEDF), the corporate social
responsibility arm of Learn Africa Plc.,
the foremost Education resource
company.
Students, teachers and schools that distinguished
themselves in the June/July, 2015 NECO SSCE were
present at the Protea Hotel, GRA, Ikeja to receive
these awards. The award ceremony is in line with
the Foundation’s unwavering commitment to the
celebration and promotion of academic excellence.
According to the Chairman of Learn Africa Plc.
and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of LAEDF,
Chief Emeke Iwerebon who gave the welcome
address during the National award prize
presentation “students and their teachers are
primarily motivated to achieve excellence by
intrinsic rewards such as self-respect,
responsibility, ambition and accomplishment.
But if the truth be told, this may not happen at
all, except someone picks up the gauntlet to do
the right thing: motivate them appropriately,
inspire them profusely, and reward them
generously. This is what Learn Africa Education
Development Foundation has chosen to do in
close collaboration with NECO”. The whole
essence of the Learn Africa-NECO Excellence
Awards is to bring out to the fore the greatness
in every child, in the shape and form that
everyone can touch, feel and readily identify with.
The awards presentations were held in two
categories, i.e. national and state. The state
awards started on 17 November, 2015 and ran
through till 26 November, 2015 at Learn Africa
regional offices nationwide where prizes were
given to the best three candidates and their
teachers. Books were also donated to the
Libraries of the schools that produced the three
best performing candidates in each state.
The national category took place on Wednesday,
2 December, 2015 at the Protea Hotel, Ikeja,
Lagos, where seven (7) students and a teacher
(from the school that produced the overall best
student) were awarded various prizes.
The national awards were presented to the overall
best three candidates: Alabi Philip Toluwase of
Our Lady & St. Francis Catholic College, Osogbo,
Osun State (first position), Nwaoha Justin Ifeanyi
of Isolog College, Ojodu, Lagos State (second
position) and Babalola David Oluwasayo of
Oritamefa Baptist Model School, Ibadan, Oyo
State (third position).
In addition to these awards, prizes were given to
the overall best students in four (4) selected
subjects: English Language, Mathematics, Biology
and History. New Concept Prize for the Best
Grade in English Language was presented to
Nanpon Sodhan Burnan from Government
Secondary School, Kamkun (Plateau State), New
Concept Prize for the Best Grade in Mathematics
was presented to Oseghare William Herbert from
O.A.U. International School, Ile-Ife (Osun State),
John KeziahDalyop from Imperial High School,
Bauch-Wunti Dada ( Bauchi State) received Dr.
Ameyo Stella Adadevoh Prize for the Best Grade
in Biology while the J.F. Ade-Ajayi Prize for the
Best Grade in History was received by
Muhammad Ishaka Babachana from Ayetoro-
Gbede (Kogi State).
The best teacher award was given to Dr.
Oyebiyi Paul Olatunde of Our Lady & St.
Francis College, Osogbo Osun State.
Present at the award ceremony for the National
winners were dignitaries, members of the Board
of Trustees of Learn Africa Plc., representative
from NECO, representatives from the Ministry of
Education and students.
At the end of the exercise this year,
Learn Africa Education Development
Foundation had given valuable prizes to
111 students, consisting of the three best
performing students in each state and
the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja).
The three best performing students
collected their prizes in 13 zonal centers
namely Ikeja, Kano, Ibadan, Zaria, Jos,
Enugu, Benin, Owerri, Akure, Ilorin,
Abuja, Onitsha and Port Harcourt. It is
also quite heart-warming to know that
all the past award winning students are
well placed in leading institutions both
in Nigeria and overseas
Learn Africa Plc. remains our timeless one-stop
learning resource and they are doing a lot to
reward and encourage excellence in the Education
sector in Nigeria