Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) were on Tuesday honoured by the National Mathematical Centre (NMC) for winning no fewer than 12 awards in national and international Mathematics and Science Olympiads.
The awards and other excellent performances churned out by students of the schools also prompted the NMC to declare the colleges as the best in Mathematics in Nigeria for 2014 as well as the best schools in Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Computer Science for 2013.
Presenting the awards to the schools in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Viola Onwuliri, described the performance of NTIC students as wonderful and commended the schools for its numerous achievements in Mathematics and Sciences.
The minister, who was represented by the Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the ministry, Barrister Chike Uwazuoke, said the emergence of these schools among the best in Nigeria in the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) in the 2013 and 2014 showed that the schools’ excellent performance in Olympiads is not a fluke.
In his words: “These are schools that have made so much mark in Mathematics and Sciences. I am the Chairman of the WAEC Board in Nigeria, last December at Minna. The usual practice whenever we have our annual meetings is to reward schools that did very well in School Certificate examinations, NTIC was among the best three schools in Nigeria for WAEC in 2013 or 2014.
Earlier, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of NMC , Prof Adewale Solarin expressed satisfaction with the system put in place in all NTIC schools, which has seen to Nigeria winning laurels in international Olympiads.
“I am very impressed with the kind of system NTIC have in place, so I am not surprised that we have to celebrate their achievements,” the Director said.
He commended the partnership between NMC and NTIC, saying that the symbiosis collaboration has led to enormous gains in stimulating students’ interest in Mathematics.
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