To represent Nigeria at the World Championship in New York
The Zenith Bank’s sponsored 2019 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship has produced six national winners who will represent Nigeria at the World Championship taking place in New York, USA from July 28 – 31, 2019.
The national winners include PowerPoint 2013 – Ayomide Abiodun, Aduvie International School, Abuja, FCT– Scored 1,000/1,000 (Time Taken 9min 29sec); Word 2016 – Mbah Arinzechukwu Nnamdi, Faith Academy, Ota, Ogun State – Scored 1,000/1,000 (Time Taken 12min 7sec) and Excel 2013 – Pwahatado Vawe, Aduvie International School, Abuja, FCT – Scored 1,000/1,000 (Time Taken 15min 14sec).
Others are Excel 2016 – Iyke-Osuji Victor Chibuzor, Faith Academy, Ota, Ogun State – Scored 1,000/1,000 (Time Taken 16min 35sec); Word 2013 – Laah Asat Shawn, Regent Secondary School, Abuja, FCT – Scored 1,000/1,000 (Time Taken 22min 16sec) and PowerPoint 2016 – Udonsak Ubongabasi John, Faith Academy, Ota, Ogun State, who scored 979/1,000 (Time Taken 16min 2 sec).
The winners will be accompanied by Mr Timothy Osaigbovo, ICT Teacher, Aduvie International School, Abuja, FCT – the ICT teacher of the student with highest score in the 2019 MOS Nigeria Competition and Mrs Victoria Adebayo, ICT Teacher, Faith Academy, Ota, Ogun State – the ICT teacher of the school with the largest number of certified students in the Junior Competition – “2019 ReadManna Under13 Computing Fundamentals National Competition (Ages 8 -13).
Zenith Bank Plc, one of the biggest banks in the country by tier-1 capital and the most profitable bank in the country, has partnered with ReadManna, organizers of the competition in Nigeria, since 2007 and sponsored Nigerian winners’ participation in the World championship.
The championship is organized annually in Nigeria by ReadManna Empowerment Initiative, a not for profit company led by Mrs Edna Augusto and focused on empowering students and youth in Nigeria with practical and relevant basic computer skills aligned to global standards. ReadManna is authorised by Certiport Inc, a Pearson VUE company, the initiator of Certiport Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship for Students to conduct this international annual championship in Nigeria.
The MOS World Championship challenges students to demonstrate their proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel – Versions 2013 and 2016, and is open to all students aged between 13 and 22 years that are enrolled in an academic institution.
This year’s competition, which was held over a period of 7 months between 1 October, 2018 and 30 April, 2019 received about 1200 entries from 21 Secondary Schools in Lagos, Abia, Kaduna, Ogun, Rivers, Kwara States and the FCT.
