The Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation has hosted a competition for secondary schools in Anambra State, in which the outstanding school was awarded a cash prize.
The symposium featured professional mentorship, soft skills that students need to apply and excel and a critical thinking test where 14 schools were represented by two students to participate.
The winner of the prize money was Community Secondary School, Ozubulu, and was awarded the sum of N500,000 to launch a school project in the next two months.
The representative of the Commissioner for Education, Okereke, called for sustained efforts to advance Sustainable Development Goal 4, to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
She thanked the foundation for supporting the mission to advance education by converging hundreds of students and awarding a public school with prize money.
Announcing the prize money was Wariri Cephalus, Chief of Staff to the GCEO of Oilserv Group, representing the chairman of the foundation.