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A total of 108 junior and senior secondary school students in Nigeria, out of about 34,000 that sat for this year’s edition of Cowbell National Secondary School Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC) across the country have been shortlisted for the second stage that started recently. Head of Marketing, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell Milk, and promoter of the competition, Mr. Festus Tettey, disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos. He explained that 54 of the students qualified from the JSS3 students that participated in the first stage examination held earlier in the year. Also, 54 students qualified from the senior category. On the modality used before arriving at 54 successful students for each category, Tettey said the top 20 students from around the country were picked while the balance 34 were representatives from the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. Unlike before, Tettey said there is improvement on the second stage of the competition this year, as the 2015 edition marks the 15th year sponsorship of NASSMAC by Cowbell. To commemorate this feat, he stated, the Second Stage has been changed to an interactive Quiz Competition known as Cowbellpedia, which is endorsed by National Examinations Council (NECO). He disclosed that the Quiz competition, which will be aired on 13 television stations across the country, will be on the topics: Number & Numeration; Algebra; Geometry & Measuration; Statistics & Probability; Trigonometry; as well as Introduction to Calculus. According to him, about 13 television stations, including NTA, TVC and MITV will air the programme.   Source: ThisDay Newspaper  
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This article was first published on 17th August 2015

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Ejura Salihu is an Anatomist, Writer and Editor. She is currently the Editor-in-chief for Connect Nigeria. You can contact her via email: ejurasalihu24@gmail.com or follow her on twitter @icyquin_msc

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