About fifty-six thousand students have demonstrated their desire to become the Cowbellpedia Mathematics champion, as they participate in the qualifying examination of the 2019 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz Show.

The first stage exam was held on February ninth in designated centers across the country.

Officials of each state ministry of education and the National Examinations Council, NECO, supervised the two-hour examination at various centres.

Some of the candidates expressed optimism about their ability to make it to the next stage of the competition.

While the teacher of the winner will be awarded five hundred thousand naira, those of the first and second runners-up will get four hundred thousand and three hundred thousand respectively.