Students from 31 government-owned primary schools across Lagos State have been selected to compete in a scholarship scheme initiated by a non-governmental organisation, Sweet Thinkers.
Speaking at the event held at the Ikeja Central Primary School Complex, Ikeja, the state capital, on Thursday, the Chairperson/Convener of the Sweethinkers Initiative, Olufunmilayo Olaniwun, stated that the project aimed to reward academic excellence among students from underprivileged backgrounds.
Over 2,000 students from 20 local government areas of the state were present for the first leg of the academic excellence scholarship initiative.
Olaniwun said that the competition aimed at elevating and projecting academic excellence among students in public schools.
She said, “The process is split into four stages. This is the first stage of the competition; it is going to be an inter-local government, that is, schools within the LGAs would come together, write the exam, and then proceed from there.
“We will have two representatives within each local government. Currently, here in Ikeja, we have 31 schools, and we have two representatives from each of those schools.
“They are going to battle it out in a two-hour examination, which will be free and fair. After that, we’re going to have the marking of the scripts done, and then from there, we’re going to have the 10 students emerge from these local governments to move into the second phase.
“After the second phase, there will be the third phase, and that is going to be the grand finale, which will be hosted early next year.”
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