In the last 20 years, Cowbell has been involved in the sponsorship of Mathematics competition for Secondary Schools in Nigeria to identify, recognize and reward excellence in the subject area of Mathematics.
Objectives:
- To awaken the consciousness and interest in mathematics among Junior and Senior secondary school students in Nigeria.
- To improve students’ performance in Mathematics Pan Nigeria.
- To create a credible platform for identifying outstanding students and encouraging excellence in Mathematics.
- To provide a creditable platform that will reward excellence in the subject area of Mathematics.
Major rewards are:
- Students
- 1st Prize: =N=2,000,000 for each of the category
- 2nd Prize: =N=1,500,000 for each of the category
- 3rd Prize: =N=1,000,000 for each of the category
- Teachers
- 1st Prize: =N=500,000 for each of the category
- 2nd Prize: =N=400,000 for each of the category
- 3rd Prize: =N=300,000 for each of the category
- Computers and Printers for winning schools
Over the years, this platform for both Junior and Senior Secondary categories has evolved from the humble beginning of Lagos state only examination to a nationwide examination that has received the support of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Stage One
Qualifying written examination across the nation for students in JSS3 and SSS 2 in both public and private Secondary Schools.
Stage Two
Qualifying written examination across the nation for students in JSS3 and SSS 2 in both public and private Secondary Schools.
More Info on how to register
How to Register for the cowbell mathematics competition
The Mathematics Competition is open to students from 10 – 18 years of age attending full time Secondary Education in both Public and Private Schools in Nigeria. Entry into this competition is FREE.
NOTE: 2018 Cowbellpedia Registration is strictly online
Each School is required to present their BEST Ten (10) students in Mathematics (five from JSS3 and five from SSS2), irrespective of sex, religion, tribe or state of origin, to enhance their chances of qualifying for the next stage of the competition.
To encourage Girl Child Education, the organisers are making a humble appeal that Mixed Schools nominate a minimum two (2) girls for each category to represent such school.
- Go to www.cowbellpedia.ng
- Click on link to register your school
- Fill the form and submit. Ensure to fill all required fields.
- An email will be sent to the School and Primary contact email addresses provided when filling the form.
- Use the link in the email received to verify the email addresses. The school email address must be verified before you can login.
- Once school email is verified, login to the portal using the school email and password used to register.
- On successful login, you click on the Add Candidates under Candidate Management.
- Fill in the candidate’s information on the form, upload the candidate’s picture and click the Save Draft button.
- You will need to save draft information for 5 candidates before you can submit their registration. If you school is a mixed school, at least 2 of the candidates must be female or you won’t be able to complete the registration.
- After creating the draft registration for 5 candidates in a category (junior/senior), highlight each candidate created by clicking it one after the other. Button will be shown on the page to “Register junior/senior candidates”.
- After highlighting each of the 5 candidates, a button will be shown on the page to “Register junior/senior candidates”. Click the button to complete the registration of candidates for that category.
- A confirmation slip will be generated for you to download and will also be mailed to the School, candidate and parent/guardian email address.
- Print this confirmation slip and have it stamped and signed by the school principal.
- The confirmation slip will be required for admitting candidates at the examination venue.
Deadline for Application
17th of February, 2018
Venue and date for the exam
The Examination will hold in all states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Saturday, February 17th, 2018 at 10:00am. However, accreditation of all candidates begins at 8:00am.
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