PATRIOTIC: Ray Nkemdirim Foundation Kicks Off Abia State Schools Quiz Competition | READ DETAILS

This was made known to AF- NEWS by the Coordinator of the Competition, Uche Ama-Ohakah.

The secondary schools competition, is pioneered and sponsored by Raymond Nkemdirim Foundation as its strategic action for supporting the government in promoting education and motivating pupils within the State towards sustained interest in learning.

The aim is to enhance human development, reducing poverty over time, reduce crime, and achieving sustainable State development on the long run. This pursuit is predicated on Raymond Nkemdirim Foundation's mission summed in Strategic Community-Oriented Actions for Good Governance and Sustainable Development.

The Foundation considers education to be the bedrock of development in which its strategic community-oriented actions can be directed to empower the people at the developmental stages of life, to build strong citizenship and leadership qualities in youths that will eventually translate into good governance and sustainable development for the State and her people.

The foundation's goal therefore is to leverage on her resources, capacity, and networks to ensure realization of the educational dreams of ordinary citizens hitherto hindered by finance and right motivations, and also to creatively support Abia State Government's efforts in the education sector.

"With this project, we hope to rightly stimulate, motivate and encourage learning in our State using various incentives, motivational and inspirational mechanisms like school quiz, debates, grants, scholarships, other productive competition and reward systems; in a bid to engender sustained interest in education, and openly reward efforts for more.

"This non-governmental and non-profit engagement is delivered as our humanitarian contribution to the education sector in our State, and is purposed to bridge some critical society developmental and learning gaps bordering on lack or inadequacy of creative incentives or motivation, lack of certain technical and financial supports from the private sector, as well as absence of awareness and guidance for productive engagement.

"We are therefore deploying strategic incentive approaches, enduring exposure and mentoring actions at community levels to close these identified gaps.

"As part of our contribution for a better society, Raymond Nkemdirim Foundation will be hosting a yearly school quiz/debate competition program across the three senatorial zones in Abia State.

"There shall be prizes for winners at each stage from the local government level, the zonal level and the state level.

"The quiz at the local government levels will start from Monday April 12th to April 16th 2021 while zonal should commence April 19 - 21, 2021 with the grand finale holding on Friday May 26th, 2021.

"The forms for participation are free of charge. Schools are to pick up these forms from the Ministry of Education, SEMB, through AIES and ZIES, NAPPS as well as at FLO FM office 7b Factory Road, Umuahia" the Foundation explained.