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  • Jumbo prizes for LearnAfrica awardees

    From Tuesday, November 15 through to Wednesday, December 7, nearly 140 potential awardees comprising students, teachers and schools will be honoured courtesy of LearnAfrica Education Development Foundation.

    The awards, which  are in two categories, national and state, are to honour candidates, teachers, as well as their schools for standing tall in the June/July 2016 NECO SSCE.

    “The awards will be presented to students, teachers and schools who by their dint of hard work, diligence, commitment and extraordinary achievements, have become role models for others,” said a statement by Learn Africa Education Development Foundation, which is the corporate social responsibility arm of Learn Africa Plc.

    At the national level, the trio of Egbunu Mudi Gabriel, Suleiman Ibrahim and Osemeke Ogorchukwu Mary, emerged three overall candidates in first, second and third positions respectively.

    Interestingly too, the trio are from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Egbunu and Ibrahim are from the School for the Gifted, Gwagwalada, while Osemeke is a pupil of Louisville Senior Girls Secondary School, Gwagwalada.

    In addition, a quartet also emerged overall best candidates in four selected subjects. Akpeti Loyalty Ayakpo of Delta Careers College, Effurun (Delta State) won in the Mathematics category, while  Iremiren Isaiah Izien of Rainbow College, Moba (Ogun State) dwarfed others in English Language.  Enenmoh Ikechukwu Augustine of Marist Comprehensive College, Nteje (Anambra State) won Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh Prize for the Best Grade in Biology, while John Felix Temitope of Knoxfield Comprehensive College, Ijoko-Ota (Ogun State) slammed others to clinch the J. F. Ade-Ajayi Prize for the Best Grade in History

    At the state level, 111 candidates comprising three best performing across each state, including the FCT, will collect prizes at 13 award centres located in Ikeja, Kano, Ibadan, Zaria, Jos, Enugu, Benin City, Owerri, Akure, Ilorin, Abuja, Onitsha and Port Harcourt.

    Similarly, 37 teachers from the school of the first prize winner in each state and FCT will receive special recognition in appreciation of their excellent contributions to the awardees’ success. The Foundation will also donate books to the libraries of all the schools that produced the three best performing candidates in each state and the Federal Capital Territory. The apogee which is the presentation of national award will hold at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja on Wednesday, December 7.

    On the initiative Chairman of the organisation, Chief Emeke Iwerebon, appealed to governments and corporate bodies to further encourage the awardees.

    “I hope that this initiative will continue to encourage our youth to make necessary efforts to achieve great results in their academic pursuits,” he said.

     

  • LearnAfrica rolls out NECO award

    LearnAfrica Education Development Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of LearnAfrica PLC (formerly known as Longman Nigeria Plc), has announced its planned LearnAfrica-NECO Excellence awards for this year.

    As is its tradition, the organisation seeks to “recognise and honour distinguished NECO candidates, schools and teachers in all states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory,” in this year’s NECO-Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE)

    In a statement made available to The Nation, LearnAfrica praised NECO on improved performance and timely release of results.

    It said: “We wish to commend the National Examinations Council (NECO) for the successful conduct of the June/July 2016 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) and the timely release of the results. We also wish to congratulate the candidates that sat for the examinations on the improvement in the general performance and results when compared with those of 2015.

    “It is most gratifying to note that 88.51 per cent of candidates got credit passes in at least five subjects, including Mathematics and English Language. Besides, 84.54 per cent of candidates got credit pass and above in English Language while 80.16 per cent got credit pass and  above in Mathematics.

    “As you might be aware, Learn Africa Plc, established the Learn Africa Education Development Foundation in 2012 to support the growth and development of the education sector through provision of education infrastructure and engagement in philanthropic activities that promote learning. Consequently, it instituted the annual LearnAfrica-NECO Excellence Awards for students, teachers and schools at the senior secondary level. The objective was and remains to underscore the importance of excellence in education to our national development as well as encourage hard work, and healthy competition amongst students, teachers and schools.”

    The award recognises top-three candidates at the 2016 June/July edition of NECO nationwide. It also rewards the overall best candidates in Mathematics, English Language, Biology and History.  In addition, one teacher from the school that produced the first-placed candidate is rewarded, while all the schools that produced winners receive free books from the Foundation.

    “We make bold to say that the successes recorded at the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations are not without the contributions of our New Concept Mathematics and New Concept English, our ever relevant textbooks on Mathematics and English Language at the secondary level,”the firm said.

    The body lauded NECO for intensifying campaign against examination fraud, as well as punishing abettors. It called on authorities to up funding for the education sector in view of its continuous crusade and victory in winning the war on examination malpractice.

  • LearnAfrica applauds NECO candidates

    Learn Africa Plc has congratulated the National Examinations Council (NECO) and the candidates that sat for the NECO June/July 2013 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) for the significant improvement recorded in the examination and the reduction in the incidence of examination malpractice.

    Results released recently by NECO indicated that about 70 per cent of candidates obtained five credits above – an improvement of about 18 per cent when compared to the 2012 figure of about 52 per cent.

    In a statement signed by Allwell Nwankwo, Marketing Manager, the firm attributed the improved performance to quality teaching by teachers, hard work by candidates, availability of quality resources and seamless organisation by the examination body.

    Like happened last year, the statement added that outstanding candidates will be rewarded by the corporate social responsibility arm of the company, the LearnAfrica Education Development Foundation,

    “As partners in progress with NECO, we are quite delighted that students are taking up the challenge to perform at their optimum at the NECO examinations. We have no doubt that there is still room for improvement. That is why we are investing in motivating Nigerian students through the LearnAfrica-NECO Excellence Awards and other initiatives of our foundation.

    “Once again, we are set to reward outstanding candidates, schools and teachers. We request that candidates and schools watch out for the announcement of the 2013 LearnAfrica-NECO Excellence award-winners. In the same vein, we wish to call upon local and state governments to recognise and reward the award-winners as some did last year. By so doing, the governments will be sending a clearly motivating message to the young ones that hard work and diligence have their reward,” he added.

     

  • LearnAfrica launches Support-A-Library

    LearnAfrica launches Support-A-Library

    If its plans falls through, LearnAfrica Plc, a foremost publishing and learning resources outfit, hopes to persuade more affluent Nigerians to redirect their God-given resources to equip libraries in low-income schools.

    To this end, the firm, through its corporate social responsibility (CSO) arm, LearnAfrica Foundation, has launched the Support-A-Library initiative, through which it hopes to encourage more Nigerians and corporate organisations to donate books to their alma maters or libraries of public schools in their domains or anywhere nationwide.

    Speaking at the launch at the LearnAfrica headquarters on Oba Akran Avenue, Lagos, Wednesday last week, team leader of the foundation, Mrs Yetunde Aina, said through the initiative, LearnAfrica hopes to contribute its quota to improving the reading culture of Nigerian youths.

    Revealing the inspiration behind the project, Mrs Yetunde Aina, identified the deplorable state of public schools and their libraries as two key factors, adding that Support-A-Library will help restore the glory of schools and public libraries in Nigeria.

    Under the new initiative, interested individuals or bodies can, buy discounted book bundles from across basic, secondary and tertiary levels as well as general-interested books from N50,000 up to N200,000.

    She said: “Many of our public schools today and their libraries are in shambles. Many of them are virtually empty or stocked with outdated books. LearnAfrica believes vibrant libraries and infrastructure are very key factors in improving our libraries.”

    Mrs Aina who noted that many public libraries nationwide have become mere “reading rooms”, and cannot satisfy the appetite of talented Nigerians youths who are hungry to read.

    While calling on well-meaning Nigerians to key into the project, she said it is puzzling that many Nigerian children have not read books outside textbooks supplied by the government.

    LearnAfrica’s Head of Marketing, Mr Allwell Nwankwo, said interested individuals or groups within or outside the country can participate online through its website, www.supportalibrary.org.

    He said beside the joy of contributing to humanity, donors would be acknowledged and included in the website’s Hall of Fame.

    “The school or libraries you made the books donations too will not forget. Your name will also appear in the Hall of Fame section of the website unless you instruct us not to do so. But most importantly, you will have the joy of of having made a difference to someone’s life by giving them access to learning resources they otherwise wouldn’t have access to,” he said.

    The Managing Director, LearnAfrica, Mr Segun Oladipo said the firm will deliver the books, regardless of the volumes requested, to any location in Nigeria.

    Oladipo who was represented by the Publishing Director of the firm and member of the foundation’s Board of Trustees, Mr Gbola Ayedun, said LearnAfrica would not only ‘ship’ the books down to any location, but will also be interested in working with recipients on how such books can be utilised through different creative means to get children more excited about books.

    Oladipo said the initiative which has already being endorsed by the Nigerian Library Association.

  • LearnAfrica launches Support-A-Library

    LearnAfrica launches Support-A-Library

    If its plans falls through, LearnAfrica Plc, a foremost publishing and learning resources outfit, hopes to persuade more affluent Nigerians to redirect their God-given resources to equip libraries in low-income schools.

    To this end, the firm, through its corporate social responsibility (CSO) arm, LearnAfrica Foundation, has launched the Support-A-Library initiative, through which it hopes to encourage more Nigerians and corporate organisations to donate books to their alma maters or libraries of public schools in their domains or anywhere nationwide.

    Speaking at the launch at the LearnAfrica headquarters on Oba Akran Avenue, Lagos, Wednesday last week, team leader of the foundation, Mrs Yetunde Aina, said through the initiative, LearnAfrica hopes to contribute its quota to improving the reading culture of Nigerian youths.

    Revealing the inspiration behind the project, Mrs Yetunde Aina, identified the deplorable state of public schools and their libraries as two key factors, adding that Support-A-Library will help restore the glory of schools and public libraries in Nigeria.

    Under the new initiative, interested individuals or bodies can, buy discounted book bundles from across basic, secondary and tertiary levels as well as general-interested books from N50,000 up to N200,000.

    She said: “Many of our public schools today and their libraries are in shambles. Many of them are virtually empty or stocked with outdated books. LearnAfrica believes vibrant libraries and infrastructure are very key factors in improving our libraries.”

    Mrs Aina who noted that many public libraries nationwide have become mere “reading rooms”, and cannot satisfy the appetite of talented Nigerians youths who are hungry to read.

    While calling on well-meaning Nigerians to key into the project, she said it is puzzling that many Nigerian children have not read books outside textbooks supplied by the government.

    LearnAfrica’s Head of Marketing, Mr Allwell Nwankwo, said interested individuals or groups within or outside the country can participate online through its website, www.supportalibrary.org.

    He said beside the joy of contributing to humanity, donors would be acknowledged and included in the website’s Hall of Fame.

    “The school or libraries you made the books donations too will not forget. Your name will also appear in the Hall of Fame section of the website unless you instruct us not to do so. But most importantly, you will have the joy of of having made a difference to someone’s life by giving them access to learning resources they otherwise wouldn’t have access to,” he said.

    The Managing Director, LearnAfrica, Mr Segun Oladipo said the firm will deliver the books, regardless of the volumes requested, to any location in Nigeria.

    Oladipo who was represented by the Publishing Director of the firm and member of the foundation’s Board of Trustees, Mr Gbola Ayedun, said LearnAfrica would not only ‘ship’ the books down to any location, but will also be interested in working with recipients on how such books can be utilised through different creative means to get children more excited about books.

    Oladipo said the initiative which has already being endorsed by the Nigerian Library Association., is part of redirecting

    The learnAfrica Education Development Foundation is the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the LearnAfrica Plc to the growth and development of the education sector through infrastructure, donation of books to schools, among other gestures. Last year, the Foundation instituted the learnAfrica Excellence Awards to recognize academic excellence, by rewarding outstanding students, schools and teachers.

     

  • LearnAfrica exhibits Nigerian books in London

    LEARNAFRICA Nigeria Plc, formerly Longman Nigeria Plc, has restated the commitment to continue to celebrate indigenous authors at home and abroad.

    At the just concluded 2013 edition of the London Book Fair, LearnAfrica was the only Nigerian publishing company that hoisted the country’s flag.

    The books exhibited at the fair, include Dayo Oladele-Ilori’s Cruel Passion, Wale Okediran’s After the Flood, Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike’s Conspiracy of Silence, Femi Osofisan’s Twingle Twangle, Dibia Humphrey’s A Drop of Mercy, Uche Bialonwu’s The Long Claws of Fate, Iheanyichukwu Duruoha’s Eaters of Dust, Ifeoma Okoye’s Chimere, Grace Akpan’s Spider Web, Bayo Williams’ The Year of the Locusts and Emeka Nwabueze’s Guardian of the Cosmos, among others.

    According to Mr Allwell Nwankwo, the Head of Marketing of the company, the fair is a global marketplace for rights negotiation, sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels.

    While saying that the fair attracted more than 1,500 exhibitors from 113 countries and over 25,000 participants, Nwankwo said: “We are here to show the world, once again, the quality of content from Nigeria, especially in creative writing.”

    He added: “That’s indeed the least we can do for a country that has produced iconic writers that are respected across the world. We have a rich history of producing world class works and we should continue to make them available at global publishing forums like the London Book Fair, in addition to other channels we currently use. We appreciate the great enthusiasm visitors to our stand have shown.”

    The company, he noted exhibited its popular Tenderfoot series for children comprising, Nigerian language texts in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba and other creative writing series such as Gong, Leopard and Palm Library, all of which captivated the attention of visitors.

     

  • LearnAfrica rewards top NECO candidates

    Candidates who excelled in the June/July 2012 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO), will be rewarded at the Annual Excellence Awards instituted by Learn Africa Plc (formerly Longman Nigeria Plc), nextTuesday.

    Outstanding teachers and schools will also be rewarded at the event holding in the conference room of the learning resource company in Ikeja, Lagos.

    A statement by the company’s Head of Marketing/Foundation Manager, Mr Allwell Nwankwo, noted that in the first category of awards, the best three students in the examination nationwide will be rewarded with N100,000, a laptop computer and a plaque (first prize); N80,000 and a plaque (second prize); and N60,000 and a plaque for the third place winner.

    With the overall best result, Sandra Obianuju Anazor, from the Federal Government Girls’ College, Onitsha will win the first prize; Chizoba Obasi of Stella Maris College, Abuja and Ahia Oghenefego Matins from Brilliant Child College, Akoka, Lagos will be rewarded for placing second; while Aina Morenikeji Feyisayo, from Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos, will get the third prize.

    Following this, the top three candidates in the examination from each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, will also be rewarded with certificates and N40,000 for the winner, and N30,000 and N20,000 for the first and second runners-up.

    Nwankwo also said special recognition would be given to outstanding teachers from each school that produced the first prize winners at the state and national levels.

    In addition to cash prizes for the students, their schools receive library books.