Cowbell NASSMAC Mathematicians emerge in Nigeria
Akinkotun Adegboyega, a 13 year old pupil from the Total Academy and Miss Deborah Adesina of the Graceland International School have emerged as winners in the 2014 Cowbell National Secondary Schools Mathematics Competitions (NASSMAC). The pupils were unveiled at the prize-giving ceremony, which took place at the Le Meridien Hotel and Resort in Uyo.
Adegboyega scored 87% in the senior category, while Adesina scored 82% in the junior secondary school category, winning cash as well as other prizes for their teachers and schools. The other finalists, who emerged out of over 29,000 pupils that entered the competition, were also given laptops and cash prizes. Later that evening, the pupils and management staff of Promasidor were hosted to a private dinner by the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom, His Excellency Obong (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio in Government House, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.