‘I solve maths to relax’

Cowbellpedia contestant, Oluwanifise Onafowokan, is looking to repeat the feat achieved by her school, The Ambassador School, Ota, Ogun State, in last year’s edition of the competition.

Her school won all six prizes in the junior and senior categories of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show sponsored by Promasidor Nigeria Ltd, makers of Cowbell.

She is confident she can succeed Ayooluwa Oguntade, who won the senior category of the competition last year.

Onafowokan is well in the race to win the crown, having made it to the semi final of the competition.

She said long hours of work and practice deepened her knowledge of Mathematics.

She credits her parents for her love for the subject, and her school for developing her knowledge, adding that she solves mathematics to relax.

“I love solving mathematical problems until I get tired.  It has become a part of me. It is fun taking my mathematics textbook and my workbook; it relieves my stress. I just love my Mathematics,” she stated.

At the end of the preliminary round last weekend, Onafowokan and Plangdi Nepele of the Baptist High School, Naraguta, Plateau State, advanced to the semi-final stage.

Onafowokan and Nepele contested the preliminary rounds with Faith Edokpa of Mount Carmel Secondary School, Ekpoma, Edo State; Gift Nwere of FISO, Owerri, Imo State; Aisha Abubakar of Iqra Science Academy, Jalingo, Taraba State and Musa Usman of Government Science Secondary School, Faskari, Kastina State.

In the Junior Category, Oluwafemi Adeyanju of Jesuit Memorial College and Jesse Uche-Nwichi of Graceland International School, both in Port Harcourt, Rivers State qualified for the semi-finals.

The first prize for each category is N1 million and an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country, while the first and second runners-up will get N750,000 and N500,000.

Teachers of the category champions will get N400,000, while those of the first and second runners-up will get N300,000 and N200,000. The winning schools will receive Mathematics textbooks, desktop computers and printers.

The 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show continues.