The exam which held nationwide on Friday, May 28 and
Saturday, May 29, 2021.
The results were released on June 28, 2021.
The InterswitchSPAK National Science competition is an
annual pan-African contest aimed at re-igniting and incentivizing the study of
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects among
secondary school students.
A total of 18,274 students registered for the national
qualifying examination but 10,502 students wrote the examination. The South
West had the most turnout of candidates with 50%.
About 35% of the registrants came from public schools, while
65% of the students were from private schools. 15-year-old Alao Oluwateniola
from Divine Step College, Lagos State had the highest score of 93%. The second
highest score was 92% by 15-year-old Okoro Halimah from Taidob College, Ogun
State.
Students who wrote the qualifying examination are advised to
visit the InterswitchSPAK portal www.interswitchspak.com to check their
results.
Cherry Eromosele, the Group Chief Marketing and
Communication Officer at Interswitch have expressed her excitement about this
year’s edition.
“It is impressive to see the level of participation at this
year’s edition of InterswitchSPAK. Despite the pandemic which led to the
deferment of the competition last year, I am particularly excited to see that
students and schools have adapted to the new normal of virtual learning and
online classes.
She continued “This year’s qualifying examinations was
written online, yet, we recorded a high rate of participation from both private
and public schools. This just goes to show that truly, the only thing constant
in life is change”, she said.
The top Eighty-one (81) finalists will emerge to compete at
the InterswitchSPAK TV quiz competition. The prize at stake is scholarship
funds worth N12.5 million to the top three winners.
The overall winner will be awarded a five-year scholarship
in any tertiary institution, a laptop, a plaque and monthly stipends throughout
the scholarship, all totalling N7.5 million. The second-place winner will be
awarded a three-year scholarship, a laptop, a plaque and monthly stipends for
the three years totalling N4 million; while the third-place winner will receive
a year-long scholarship worth N1 million, a laptop, and a plaque.
This is the third edition of the InterswitchSPAK Nigeria
competition. The competition, tagged ‘InterswitchSPAK SWITCH-A-FUTURE’ is a CSR
initiative of the company. The second edition was concluded in February 2020.