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  • Future of education lies in STEM, says educationist

    Future of education lies in STEM, says educationist

    An educationist, Dr Dolapo Ogunbanwo, has said the future of education is in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

    Ogunbanwo, who is the administrator of Lekki British School, Lekki, Lagos, said the world over, the focus has shifted to the aforementioned to keep pace with the emerging trends in engineering and technology.

    STEM system of education fosters in pupils in the secondary school level innate curiosity to make discoveries on their own without being spoon fed.

    She said:  “People will ask if your school is going technical because if you look at the acronym STEM, it means science, technology, engineering and mathematics.’’

    She continued: “Children as I said, are very curious about things around them. So, STEM system of education allows pupils make discoveries possible for those who can ask question on anything they are taught in school. The system encourages the application of all the four disciplines in STEM to be used to aid studying and learning.”

    She said at Lekki British School, where she works, the system has fully taken off and the results have been encouraging.

    “The reason Lekki British School is doing STEM is because the world is changing and we don’t even know the kind of jobs these children that we are having now will be doing in their life. If we go back a few decades, we didn’t have anything like that,” she said.

    According to her, embracing STEM to impart knowledge would not in any way jettison students’ interests in other disciplines that are not science-inclined. The system, she assured, would make learning easier and pleasant as basic knowledge of science, would be deployed into other disciplines to aid learning and understanding.

    Ogunbanwo said STEM has been tested the world over as the most appropriate way of imparting knowledge on pupils.

    “It is a question-oriented learning. If you ask question, we will allow you to find the solution. The teachers only facilitate, but not to teach them. And when I am finding solutions to problems I’m doing a research. The pupils now see themselves as researchers. They now know that they can discover knowledge by themselves. They take ownership of the answers provided. That is briefly what we are trying to do,” she said.

    Asked if the school was pioneering STEM, she said: “STEM is not new. It is everywhere. It is just that we have been doing it without knowing that we are doing it. It is already in Nigeria.  But we really need to be doing it consciously because we educators, who train teachers, always tell those most people refer to as natural born teachers, who have affinity for teaching, that it is not enough to be talented, you must hone your talent.

    “They should be taught to be conscious of what they are doing because it is desirable to master the art and act of teaching. As a teacher, I must know why I am a teacher, if it is working for me, if it is not, and why it is not.’’

  • How to save education, by council chief

    How to save education, by council chief

    The Executive Secretary of Oriade Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Bola Badmus-Olujobi has said education’s dwindling fortunes can be salvaged through the revival of reading culture in our schools.

    She spoke during this year’s Spelling Bee competition held at the council’s secretariat.

    The council chief noted that education is the bedrock of any emerging society, saying “the event was aimed at encouraging our young ones to strive towards excellence and hard work as means of achieving greatness.

    She said the competition was all about learning and improving one’s knowledge through spelling words that may prove taxing. She praised the efforts of Lagos State Government in improving the standard of education, saying that the competition serves as a continuous assessment for schools.

    Eighteen primary schools and 10 secondary schools from the council area participated in the competition.

    Hon. Badmus-Olujobi encouraged the participants to do their best. She urged them to work hard so as to win the competition at the state level to enable one of them to emerge as “One-day Governor of Lagos State”.

    On how to improve the waning standard of education, Hon. Badmus-Olujobi said: “If all stakeholders show more commitment to the education of children, they (children) will become better citizens in future.

    “We concede that parents are engaged in economic activities in order to take care of their children. Children should be part of parents’ programmes of the day.”

    Describing reading as a skill that enhances our capacity to increase our wealth of knowledge, she lamented the alarming prevalence of poor reading culture and the attendant poor education standard among all segments of Nigerian society.

    “The problem is that our pupils have never been efficiently and effectively taught to read.

    “What a reader needs most is how to decode and comprehend a word. Every primary school teacher in Nigeria knows that the greatest problem of children with reading disability is decoding,” she said.

    Hon. Badmus-Olujobi emphasised that children should be given the necessary encouragement to regard reading as a habit.

    “Spelling is a fundamental step in education and it should be taken seriously. It forms part of the fundamentals of reading.”

    She called for a revisit to the system of junior students using the same books that their seniors had used while in the upper classes.

    “The books used by the students in senior classes could be passed on to those coming behind them. Why can’t a student use the same books that his or her elder ones had used in school? By so doing, the burden would be less on parents,” she said.

    In the primary school level, Master Daniel Imoh of Satellite Nursery/Primary School 11 came first; Master Ifeanyi Chima of Kuje/Amuwo Nursery/Primary School came second while Master Emmanuel Ezeigbo of Satellite Nursery/Primary School 1 took the third position.

    In the secondary school level, Master Odedairo Olayinka of Agboju Senior Secondary School took the first position; Miss Theresa Oyinloye of Satellite Senior Secondary School came second and Master Shedrach Owusu of Agboju Senior Secondary School took the third position.

    In a chat with Southwest Report, Master Olayinka expressed his happiness for winning the competition in the secondary cadre. He praised the LCDA for organising the competition. He also praised the Executive Secretary of the council and prayed God should protect them.

    He said he had to work hard in order to be able to spell words that are more taxing, saying he expected to win the competition.

    Though Master Olayinka would want to be a footballer, he said he would study Banking before his football career.

    Some of the dignitaries that attended the event were Hon. Badmus-Olujobi; Deputy Executive Secretary of the council, Hon. Aregbe Babatunde Saliu; Supervisor for Chieftaincy and Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf; Acting Head of Administration, Mrs. Mosunmola Otaiku-Okoka; SLG/Supervisor for Education, Hon. Mohammed Ajakaiye; School Support Local Government Education Authority, Mrs. Oduwole; Head of Department Education, Mr. Tunde Lateef Sansa; Mrs. Essien and Mrs.Adewale-Bello Folashade Olashile, among others.

  • NDDC boosts girl-child education in Niger Delta

    NDDC boosts girl-child education in Niger Delta

    The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, shortly after assumption of office, initiated the Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science (GEMS) competition, to bridge the gaps that exist in gender-related issues and reposition the Niger Delta.

    The maiden competition started with rigorous elimination process, which began with 2,880 girls from Senior Secondary School (SSS) 1 and 2 in the nine states (Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Abia and Imo) of the crude oil and gas-rich region.

    From the first screening test, 1,110 girls were selected. From the 1,110 girls, 270 of them were selected at 30 girls per state.

    The girls progressed to the state finals, where 11 girls qualified from each state, leading to the regional finals (in the NDDC’s regions of Western, Central and Eastern), where 11 girls were selected from each of the three regions, totaling 33 and they exhibited various Science, Technology and Mathematics projects, which were thoroughly assessed by eminent scholars.

    Of the 33 girls who participated in the grand finale on April 6 at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, ten were selected for recognition, while each of the top five received awards, prizes and N5 million scholarships, among other benefits/gifts.

    The GEMS that made the top ten were Maryanne Ukachukwu (Abia), Ebi Agbodobiri (the only representative from Bayelsa), Esther Ademeta (Ondo), Deborah Doghor (Ondo), Grace Mbora Bassey (Cross River), Uzamere Nowe Edobor (Edo), Blessing James Jeremiah (Cross River), Edidiong Bassey Francis (Akwa Ibom), Amarachi Orjiugo (Rivers) and Ayomide Adeyeye (Ondo).

    One of the nine representatives of Ondo state, Ayomide Adeyeye, emerged the overall winner of the competition.

    Adeyeye went home with a trophy, the latest tablet computer for educational programmes, gold plaque, N200,000 cash and N5 million scholarship for her 5-year tertiary education at N1 million per annum, while her school would also have a Chemistry laboratory from NDDC.

    The first runner up (second position), Amarachi Orjiugo (Rivers) got cash of N100,000; N5 million scholarship, plaque and tablet computer, while the second runner up (third), Edidiong Bassey Francis (Akwa Ibom) got N50,000 cash, N5 million scholarship, plaque and tablet computer.

    The schools of the girls that came second and third would also get from NDDC, Physics and Biology laboratories respectively.

    The fourth position went to Blessing James Jeremiah (Cross River), while Grace Mbora Bassey (Cross River) had the fifth position. Each of the best five GEMS would benefit from the N5 million scholarships for their tertiary education, while each of the 33 girls would have mentors.

    All the directors of NDDC in Bayelsa State contributed N300,000, which was given to the only representative from the state (Ebi Agbodobiri) to motivate her for better performance in future competitions.

    The directors of the Federal Government’s intervention agency also made N500,000 available for the only girl, Esther Ademeta of Ondo State, whose project was on Mathematics, for thinking outside the box and being creative, thereby encouraging her to always put in her best, while Ondo won the award of the competition’s most supportive state.

    The overall winner (Ayomide Adeyeye), while responding on behalf of the 33 finalists, stated that she never thought her project could be adjudged the best, while giving God the glory and she lauded NDDC for the initiative.

    As the winners were celebrating with their parents, guardians, relatives, friends and well-wishers, while taking photographs in the beautifully-decorated Atlantic Hall of Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, the girls who did not receive any award, prize, recognition or scholarship started crying uncontrollably.

    It took the intervention of the Master of Ceremonies (MC), for the crying girls to be pacified. Adeyeye (overall winner) also pleaded with them to try and improve on their projects to emerge winners next time. It was indeed an emotional moment.

    It was obvious that the 33 finalists had begun to see the practicality of science, even at the young age, thereby becoming a foundation upon which they and other children of the Niger Delta, as well as the schools in the region would build their collective future.

    Two of the three assessors also addressed the finalists and persons in attendance on the criteria for selection, which they said included content, demonstration of brilliance and intellect, interest in the project, confidence, practical relevance of project to the society, clear understanding of the project, use of technology and potential for further studies, among others.

    Grand finale of the GEMS competition was attended by a former Deputy Governor of Rivers state, Sir Gabriel Toby, and his wife, as well as a member of the Rivers House of Assembly, Chief Victoria Nyeche, who represents Port Harcourt Constituency One and other eminent personalities.

    Mrs. Semenitari, on April 4, at the Conference Room of the NDDC’s corporate headquarters on Aba Road, Port Harcourt, addressed a news conference, in company with other directors and top officials of the commission, ahead of the April 6 grand finale of the GEMS competition.

    She revealed at the media event that the Federal Government’s intervention agency voted N113, 169,500.00 for the GEMS initiative, which she said was borne out of NDDC’s desire, social commitment and responsibility, in the earnest efforts to facilitate the sustainable development of the Niger Delta region.

    At the grand finale of the GEMS competition, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was placing high premium on science and technology, in order to ensure sustainable development in Nigeria and diversification of the nation’s economy.

    Onu was represented by the Director, Gender Desk of the federal ministry, Dr. Nnenna Okoronkwo.

    The acting managing director of NDDC, in her welcome address at the GEMS’ grand finale, urged the nine governors of states in the Niger Delta to partner with the Federal Government’s intervention agency on science and technology.

    Mrs. Semenitari stated that the greatness and power of countries were interrelated, in no small measure; with the top priority they accord science and technology.

  • Give us education

    Education, they say, is the bedrock of sustainable development in every society. At a social level, education liberates the enslaved and empowers the poor to prosper and blossom. Society rises and falls on the levers of education.Through education, the seemingly weak becomes exceedingly powerful, exuding the courage and savoir-faire to recreate the narrative of civilisation. Just like every other citizen, the Almajiris in the North-East Nigeria also thirst for education.

    Amid the backwardness in education in this region, the threat posed by terrorism by insurgents has contributed to high social displacement resulting in a rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons, pushing more Almajiris to the street. This is definitely not acceptable, especially as we begin to turn the page to a definitive phase in human social evolution.

    I have always been worried by the increasing number of almajiris on our streets as well as the attendant threat they pose to social harmony. Coming across a group of these folks struggling to read newspapers at the University of Maiduguri brought tears to my eyes. I knew these ones were willing to learn, to know, to interrogate the society they live in. But somehow, their fate is a chequered one. And just then, memory of an article I read titled: Mining the mind to mine the earth popped up in my head. I imagined the magical powers of knowledge and all that can be made to be just on the strength of it.

    Indeed, the greatest injustice that could be committed against these children is to deprive them of education. The human mind is a terrible thing to waste, and so these innocent children should be educated.

    One wise man once said: “I hold it as an indisputable fact that the first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well fed, housed, clothed and educated till he attains the year of discretion.” These are basic rights of our children but we have failed in all these areas.

    The failure of education is the root of vandalism, terrorism, lawlessness, poverty and acts of irresponsibility being witnessed in Nigeria today. Of a truth, education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Chief Obafemi Awolowo knew this when he introduced free primary education in 1995 in the defunct Western region. Improved quality of life can be achieved through education for all.

    The biggest tragedy in Nigeria is not the great waste of natural resources or the looting of treasury by selfish politicians and sundry. The biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources and the continual neglect of our schools. Our children should stop begging in the streets but be educated to advance the cause of the Nigerian project. This and no other is the only way to salvage this country.

     

    • Oluwasheyi, 300-Level Mass Comm., UNIMAID

     

  • Give us education

    Education, they say, is the bedrock of sustainable development in every society. At a social level, education liberates the enslaved and empowers the poor to prosper and blossom. Society rises and falls on the levers of education.Through education, the seemingly weak becomes exceedingly powerful, exuding the courage and savoir-faire to recreate the narrative of civilisation. Just like every other citizen, the Almajiris in the North-East Nigeria also thirst for education.

    Amid the backwardness in education in this region, the threat posed by terrorism by insurgents has contributed to high social displacement resulting in a rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons, pushing more Almajiris to the street. This is definitely not acceptable, especially as we begin to turn the page to a definitive phase in human social evolution.

    I have always been worried by the increasing number of almajiris on our streets as well as the attendant threat they pose to social harmony. Coming across a group of these folks struggling to read newspapers at the University of Maiduguri brought tears to my eyes. I knew these ones were willing to learn, to know, to interrogate the society they live in. But somehow, their fate is a chequered one. And just then, memory of an article I read titled: Mining the mind to mine the earth popped up in my head. I imagined the magical powers of knowledge and all that can be made to be just on the strength of it.

    Indeed, the greatest injustice that could be committed against these children is to deprive them of education. The human mind is a terrible thing to waste, and so these innocent children should be educated.

    One wise man once said: “I hold it as an indisputable fact that the first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well fed, housed, clothed and educated till he attains the year of discretion.” These are basic rights of our children but we have failed in all these areas.

    The failure of education is the root of vandalism, terrorism, lawlessness, poverty and acts of irresponsibility being witnessed in Nigeria today. Of a truth, education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Chief Obafemi Awolowo knew this when he introduced free primary education in 1995 in the defunct Western region. Improved quality of life can be achieved through education for all.

    The biggest tragedy in Nigeria is not the great waste of natural resources or the looting of treasury by selfish politicians and sundry. The biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources and the continual neglect of our schools. Our children should stop begging in the streets but be educated to advance the cause of the Nigerian project. This and no other is the only way to salvage this country.

     

    • Oluwasheyi, 300-Level Mass Comm., UNIMAID

     

     

  • ASUP decries education’s vote

    The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on the Federal Government to address what it termed “defective posture” of the 2016 budget for being against the education sector in general and the polytechnic sub-sector in particular.

    In a communiqué at the end of the 83rd National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of ASUP held at Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia, the union decried the delay in passing the bill for the amendment of the Polytechnics Act and the non-implementation of the report of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) Assessment of polytechnics.

    ASUP President, Usman Dutse, in a statement, noted the recurrent delay in payment of staff salaries, especially in state-owned polytechnics and monotechnics.

    The union described as worrisome the delay in promotions and payment of benefits by the management of some polytechnics/mono-technics and the continued dichotomy between polytechnics and university graduates in the country.

    “NEC strongly called on the Federal Government to address the defects in the 2016 budget, especially as it affects the education sector in general and the polytechnic sector in particular, and revert the cut in personnel cost within three weeks of this communiqué in order to avert any industrial disharmony that may follow.

    “NEC passionately called on the National Assembly to, without delay, pass the bill for the amendment of the Polytechnic Act to reflect contemporary realities. NEC frowned at the perennial inhuman delay in the payment of staff salaries in the polytechnic sector and strongly urged the concerned government agencies to take immediate steps to pay all arrears of salary without further delay,” Dutse said.

    ASUP president said the union viewed with contempt the unwholesome meddling of some polytechnic management in the affairs of the union through victimisation of active members in the chapters. He urged the Council of Heads of Polytechnics and College of Technology (COHEADs) to call their members to order to forestall truncating the already fragile academic peace on campuses.

  • Ministerial Panel to probe alleged Queens College’s sexual assault

    Ministerial Panel to probe alleged Queens College’s sexual assault

    The Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Anwukah, has set up an investigative panel to look into the alleged case of sexual assault of a JSS II student of Queens College, Lagos by one of the teachers.

    In a statement endorsed by the by Deputy Director (Press) of the Ministry, Bem Goong, the Minister  charged members of the panel to do a thorough investigation to unravel the truth behind the allegations.

    The investigation panel has two weeks to submit its report.

    The minister charged the committee to make recommendations to the Federal Government on how to deal with the situation based on the principles of truth, justice and fairness to all parties.

    The statement advised parents, guardians, students and staff of the College who may have credible information on the matter to reach the committee on: 07034613096 and saniabdu59@yahoo.com.

    Professor  Anwukah assured the general public, particularly parents and guardians whose children are in any of the Unity Schools and other Federal Government Colleges that their children were in safe hands.

    He said that government will continue to do everything possible within the ambit of the law to protect children in all government schools across the country, including Queens College, Lagos.

    Prof. Anwukah advised parents to remain calm and avoid taking decisions that may affect their children adversely.

     

    End.

     

  • Give us education

    Education, they say, is the bedrock of sustainable development in every society. At a social level, education liberates the enslaved and empowers the poor to prosper and blossom. Society rises and falls on the levers of education.Through education, the seemingly weak becomes exceedingly powerful, exuding the courage and savoir-faire to recreate the narrative of civilisation. Just like every other citizen, the Almajiris in the North-East Nigeria also thirst for education.

    Amid the backwardness in education in this region, the threat posed by terrorism by insurgents has contributed to high social displacement resulting in a rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons, pushing more Almajiris to the street. This is definitely not acceptable, especially as we begin to turn the page to a definitive phase in human social evolution.

    I have always been worried by the increasing number of almajiris on our streets as well as the attendant threat they pose to social harmony. Coming across a group of these folks struggling to read newspapers at the University of Maiduguri brought tears to my eyes. I knew these ones were willing to learn, to know, to interrogate the society they live in. But somehow, their fate is a chequered one. And just then, memory of an article I read titled: Mining the mind to mine the earth popped up in my head. I imagined the magical powers of knowledge and all that can be made to be just on the strength of it.

    Indeed, the greatest injustice that could be committed against these children is to deprive them of education. The human mind is a terrible thing to waste, and so these innocent children should be educated.

    One wise man once said: “I hold it as an indisputable fact that the first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well fed, housed, clothed and educated till he attains the year of discretion.” These are basic rights of our children but we have failed in all these areas.

    The failure of education is the root of vandalism, terrorism, lawlessness, poverty and acts of irresponsibility being witnessed in Nigeria today. Of a truth, education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Chief Obafemi Awolowo knew this when he introduced free primary education in 1995 in the defunct Western region. Improved quality of life can be achieved through education for all.

    The biggest tragedy in Nigeria is not the great waste of natural resources or the looting of treasury by selfish politicians and sundry. The biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources and the continual neglect of our schools. Our children should stop begging in the streets but be educated to advance the cause of the Nigerian project. This and no other is the only way to salvage this country.

     

    • Oluwasheyi, 300-Level Mass Comm., UNIMAID

     

     

  • Give us education

    Education, they say, is the bedrock of sustainable development in every society. At a social level, education liberates the enslaved and empowers the poor to prosper and blossom. Society rises and falls on the levers of education. Through education, the seemingly weak becomes exceedingly powerful, exuding the courage and savoir-faire to recreate the narrative of civilisation.  Just like every other citizen, the Almajiris in the North-East Nigeria also thirst for education.

    Amidst the backwardness in education in this region, the threat posed by terrorism by insurgents has contributed to high social displacement resulting in a rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons, pushing more Almajiris to the street. This is definitely not acceptable, especially as we begin to turn the page to a definitive phase in human social evolution.

    I have always been worried by the increasing number of almajiris on our streets as well as the attendant threat they pose to social harmony.  Coming across a group of these folks struggling to read newspapers at the University of Maiduguri brought tears to my eyes. I knew these ones were willing to learn, to know, to interrogate the society they live in. But somehow, their fate is a chequered one. And just then, memory of an article I read titled: Mining the mind to mine the earth popped up in my head. I imagined the magical powers of knowledge and all that can be made to be just on the strength of it.

    Indeed the greatest injustice that could be committed against these children is to deprive them of education. The human mind is a terrible thing to waste, and so these innocent children should be educated.

    One wise man once said: “I hold it as an indisputable fact that the first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well fed, housed, clothed and educated till he attains the year of discretion.” These are basic rights of our children but we have failed in all these areas.

    The failure of education is the root of vandalism, terrorism, lawlessness, poverty and acts of irresponsibility being witnessed in Nigeria today. Of a truth, education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive, easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. Chief Obafemi Awolowo knew this when he introduced free primary education in 1995 in the defunct Western region. Improved quality of life can be achieved through education for all.

    The biggest tragedy in Nigeria is not the great waste of natural resources or the looting of treasury by selfish politicians and sundry. The biggest tragedy is the waste of human resources and the continual neglect of our schools. Our children should stop begging in the streets but be educated to advance the cause of the Nigerian project. This and no other is the only way to salvage this country.

     

    • Oluwasheyi, 300-Level Mass Comm., UNIMAID

     

     

  • 2016 essay contest for undergraduates

    2016 essay contest for undergraduates

     The Nation, Nigeria, African Liberty Organisation for Development (ALOD) and Network for a Free Society (NFS), in collaboration with the Rising Tide Foundation are calling for entries into the 2016 essay competition.

    Details are as follows:

    Topic: Entrepreneurs are the creative force in the economy.  Is your government helping or hindering them?

    Participants must discuss the topic using contemporary examples

    Qualification: Participant must be a student in any tertiary institutions (university, polytechnic, college of education and technical schools) in all African countries. The format of the text should be in Microsoft Word and not more than 1,500 words.

    For useful background materials on the theme of this contest, interested student can download ebook from here.

    Be informed that no participant is allowed to lift materials directly from the works of any author and claim to be his/her own. Plagiarism automatically disqualifies any entry, which contains works of another author .If any text or sentence is copied from another author’s work, it must be shown in quotation marks and writer must credit the original author at the bottom of the paper.

    And to assist you in writing a good essay, please visit here.

    On the first page of the completed essay, every participant must write his/her full names, department, and year of study, name and country of institution, gender and age. Also include your email address and functional mobile phone number.

    All entries should be sent to: essay@alodpolicy.org

    Entries will be received between March 14th and May 17, 2016. Late entries will not be accepted. Winners will be announced on June 23, 2016.

    6 selected Judges from Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe will mark and come up with winners. Please note that their decision on the result is final.

    PRIZES

    1st-George Ayittey (Platinum Prize): $1,000 and scholarship to the 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

    2nd-Anthony Fisher (Gold Prize):  $700 and scholarship to the 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

    3rd-Franklin Cudjoe (Silver Prize): $500 and scholarship to the 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

    4th- The Nation CAMPUSLIFE (Media Bronze Prize): $300 and 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

    5th- Rejoice Ngwenya Prize: $250 and 2016 Liberty Camp/Event/ in East Africa OR West Africa in 2016

    Consolation Prizes:

    We also have 7 (seven) consolation prize of $50 each