OLADAPO FADENI QUIZ COMPETITION 2022

REQUEST FOR ENTRIES

As part of its social responsibility of advancing the educational development of Ikaleland, the management of Ikale News is collaborating with the children and friends of legendary Ode-Aye born entrepreneur, the late Chief Oladapo Fadeni to organize an annual Quiz Competition among all secondary schools in Ikaleland. All bonafide students (Ikale and non-Ikale) whose schools are located in Ikaleland (i.e. Okitipupa and Irele Local Government Areas) are eligible to apply for this competition. 

The competition is open to bonafide secondary school students in public and private schools in Irele and Okitipupa Local Government Areas in two categories. (a) Junior Secondary School (JSS) Category

(b) Senior Secondary School (SSS) Category.

Objectives

• To stimulate the educational development of Ikaleland
• To contribute positively to the individual preparations of students intending to sit for Junior and Senior West African School Certificate Examinations
• To foster friendship among young Ikale people
• To provide some support for intelligent and brilliant pupils/students in Ikaleland
• To energize the interest of the young ones in educational pursuits

Methodology

How to Apply

a)     Applications are open from January-March of every year from eligible students who are to register and submit their applications online by completing the Application Form through https://ikalenews.com/events/quiz

b)     Each interested school is to be represented by two TWO (2) students for each category

c)      The Principal of each school wishing to present competitors is to complete application forms online on behalf of the contestants.

d)      In completing the application form, the School will be required to indicate the following with respect for each category that it is competing in:

1. Full name of the education institutions
2. Indication if it is a private or public school
3. Full names of the student nominees
4. Telephone Numbers of the students (if they have)
5. Email addresses of the students (this is compulsory)
6. Location of your educational institution
7. Name and signature of the Principal
8. Telephone number of the Principal

Note:

1. Information provided by competitors will be verified and information found to be false leads to automatic disqualification of the application.

2. Institutions can substitute representatives after Round One if they so wish. But such should be done also online before the commencement of the Second Final Round

3. No entries will be allowed after March 31^st, 2022

4. Uploading passport photos of competitors is compulsory

Competition Process

The Junior and Senior Secondary School competition will take place concurrently as follow:

1. Application and processing of entries (January 1- March 31, 2022)
2. Round One (concurrently for Okitipupa and Irele Local Government Areas) (April - June 2022)
3. Final Round concurrently for Okitipupa and Irele Local Government Areas) (June- Aug 2022)
4. Grand Finale (To be held in either Ode-Irele or Okitipupa on October 1, 2022)

Subject Areas

The competition will be based on the following subjects:

Senior Secondary Category:

MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, HISTORY OF NIGERIA, and IKALE CULTURE

Junior Secondary Category:

MATHEMATICS, INTEGRATED SCIENCE, YORUBA LANGUAGE, CIVIC EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, and IKALE CULTURE

Application fee: FREE

Star Prizes:

1^st Prize

 Certificate, Trophy, and One Hundred Thousand Naira Cash (with numerous consolation prizes for school and winning students)

2^nd Prize

Certificate, Plaque, and Seventy Thousand Naira Cash (with numerous consolation prizes for school and winning students)

3^rd Prize

Certificate, Plaque, and Fifty Thousand Naira Cash (with numerous consolation prizes for school and winning students)

So many numerous consolation prizes are being provided by the children and friends of the late Chief Oladapo Fadeni, which the competition is named after.

The Quiz Competition video will be uploaded on ikalenews.com

Watch out for development and progress on this event in ikalenews.com, Nigeria\'s Number One Community News Media Network.

Signed: Bolu John Folayan, PhD

Publisher/Editor-in-Chief