The proprietor of the school, Mrs Susan Babatunde-Yamah, said the school decided to host this year’s edition of the Nigeria Spelling Bee Competition so as to promote literacy among pupils.
Awkward educational awards
Some best graduating students in Nigerian universities have been rewarded with some bizarre items, ranging from a tuber of yam, trophies, plaques, and as low as N200. A photograph of a best graduating student from the Chukwuemeka Odunegwu Ojhukwu University (COOU) with a tuber of yam and a chicken as rewards for his achievement captures the treatment meted to Nigeria’s future leaders.
There are many reported cases of awards given to best graduating students, including Bamisaye Tosin, who got N200 as the best student of the Department of Civil Engineering in the Ekiti State University (EKSU).