Anambra State Government says it will honour the students from Queen of the Rosary College, QRC, Onitsha, who won the Global Prize Award at the just-concluded Diamond Challenge Global Summit, ETA 5454r de fee 4University of Delaware.
The QRC students defeated over five thousand other teams from around the world to win the highly coveted top prize.
The seven students who did the State proud by winning the award are Chisom Iwuno, Amara Okechukwu, Chidimma Okoye, Mmesoma Nnaji, Sandra Mgbafulu Stephanie Anozie, and Chinyere Iheator.
The trail blazing students and their mentors made an app with the name “Queens Foris Labs”.
The app is a virtual learning space that allows students to conduct science experiments and understand science concepts better.
The students won the one thousand, five hundred dollars cash prize among other prizes, including further mentorship for the prize winners and sundry opportunities
A release signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba said Governor Willie Obiano will alongside the accolades to the QRC students, honour the Anambra State students who excelled in the last two years of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, examinations.
Mr. Adinuba added that the Anambra State students who triumphed in the competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Science & Technology for students in all seven hundred and seventy- four Local Government Areas in the country are also due for honour, noting that Anambra candidate took the first position in 2019, while another one took the second position and they personally met with President Buhari, who gave them one million naira and seven hundred and fifty thousand naira respectively, as well as University scholarship awards up to doctoral level.
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