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Twelve-year-old Boluwatife Tijani of Araromi Primary School, Agege, on
Wednesday emerged the winner in the 2015 Spelling Bee competition in Lagos
State.
Tijani, a Primary Six pupil, competed with 56 other contestants,
representing the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development
areas in the state in the competition held in Ikeja.
Ten-year-old Iretiola Ifaniyi, a Primary Five pupil of Methodist Primary
School, Ibese, came second while 10-year-old Jonathan Arowodu of Akesan Primary
School came third.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the winners received N150, 000,
N100, 000 and N75, 000 respectively from the state government.
Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Ronke
Soyombo, said the competition was aimed at developing the innate skills of
pupils and students.
Soyombo said the competition had been able to fulfill the ultimate goal
of creating healthy rivalry among students as well as drawing out their
intellectual capabilities.
She said the agency had already set in motion machinery aimed at
improving the quality of education in Lagos.
The Director-General said the competition was the brainchild of Senator
Oluremi Tinubu, the founder of New Era Foundation.
“The idea of spelling competition, conceived in 2006 to encourage
academic excellence, was adopted by the Lagos State Ministry of Education.
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