By Editor
The General Officer Commanding 2 Division Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Mohammed Usman has awarded scholarships to four outstanding students of Command Secondary School Mokola Ibadan and Command Secondary School Ede Osun State.
The students performed excellently in the Armed Forces Mathematics Olympiad Competition 2023 organised by Ministry of Defence for Armed Forces Schools recently in Abuja.
The four beneficiaries of the scholarship are:
1.Sofiat Lawal – CDSS Ede
2.Adesewa Ojediran – CDSS Ede
3.Okeke Christopher – CDSS Mokola
4.Showunmi Abdul Somad – CDSS Mokola
The GOC said that the event was to reward the students and their teachers for their hard work and encourage them to keep it up.
He also said that he had contracted an Educational Consultant to carry out a 2 days training workshop for the teachers at each of the Command Secondary Schools in 2 Division’s Area of Responsibility to help build on their capacity.
Maj Gen Usman expressed joy on their performance especially on Mathematics assuring the students of his readiness to reward them abundantly.
The Acting Director, 2 Division Education Service, Lt. Col. Thafa Musa congratulated the students for the outstanding performance during the competition.
He also thanked the GOC for awarding the deserving students .
The Zonal Director of Quality Assurance Ministry of Defence, Mrs Fumilayo Adeoye said that the Olympiad Mathematics competition was organized by Ministry of Defence (Education department) Abuja in collaboration with the National Mathematics Center Abuja.
She further said that the the Command Day Secondary School, Ibadan had done well to come 1st in the competition while Command Secondary School Ede also took the third position.
It will be recalled that Armed Forces Mathematics Olympiad Competition 2023 was held in Abuja by the Ministry of Defence.
110 Armed Forces Schools in Nigeria participated in the competition.
This year’s event took place on March 23, 2023.
