Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payment and digital commerce company,
has announced the commencement of the fourth edition of its National Science
competition, InterswitchSPAK, in Nigeria. Secondary schools are hereby implored
to visit the InterswitchSPAK portal to register between six (6) to twenty (20)
of their best science students in Year 11 or Senior Secondary 2 (SS2) for the
competition.
InterswitchSPAK is a competition designed to
re-ignite the study of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
subjects among secondary school students.
As part of the registration process,
co-educational schools are required to register at least two female students as
part of the selected students. The registered students will participate in the
online qualifying examinations from the comfort
of their schools, homes or preferred location. The top 81 students
will then proceed to the finale and battle for the crown of Nigeria’s Best STEM
Student.
Schools interested in
registering their best science students should visit https://www.interswitchspak.com/ to
begin the process.
To write the
qualifying examination, candidates can select from a choice of three days from
Thursday, May 19, to Saturday, May 21, 2022, from any time between 8am-6pm.
Cherry Eromosele, Chief Marketing and
Communication Officer, Interswitch, expressed her excitement about the new
edition, promising the students a rewarding time during the competition.
She also encouraged parents to give their
children the right push towards a bright future in STEM. She said: “The dream
we had about encouraging more students, especially girls, to take up STEM
subjects is gradually materialising. The immense success of this life-changing
contest in the past three editions has encouraged us to do more in supporting
the education of young people in sciences.
“We also encourage teachers, school
administrators, parents and guardians not to relent, but to keep pushing for
the best for these gems by getting them registered. We believe these students
can shape their future by taking hold of the opportunities that come their way
and making the best of them. We are quite enthusiastic about the innovations
and great changes these young people will bring to the world.
The total coveted prize is N12.5 million worth
of university scholarships for the top three winners, with the first prize
winner receiving a N7.5 million tertiary scholarship spread over 5 years, a
laptop and monthly stipends. The second prize is N4 million spread over 3
years, plus a laptop and the third prize is a N1 million scholarship for 1
year.
The last edition saw Jubril Dokun, a 16-year-old student of Brainfield College, Salolo, Lagos
State, emerging as the winner, while the duo of 16-year-old Ayanlade
Jesuferanmi of Obafemi Awolowo University International School, Ile-Ife and
Omoniyi Qudus of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota came second and
third, respectively.
The InterswitchSPAK 4.0 registration portal
will close on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
