Five students from various secondary schools in Anambra will
represent Nigeria at the 27th World Schools Debating Championship scheduled for
Singapore from June 27 and July 3.
The students are: Adachukwu Onyekwena (Girls Secondary School,
Amaenyi, Awka), Nnamdi Udoji (Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha) and
Chinemerem Oguaba (Awada Secondary School, Obosi).
Others are: Chukwuebuka Obichi (Army Day Secondary School,
Onitsha) and Nneka Chigozie(Mater Ammabillis, Secondary School, Umuoji).
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Kate Omenugha, in an
interview in Awka on Wednesday said the students had qualified for the world
competition.
She said that after coming tops in the various national debate
competitions at the secondary schools level, the five students were now set to
slug it out with their mates at the international level.
The commissioner congratulated them for being outstanding among
their peers and urged them to be good ambassadors of the state while in
Singapore.
Ms. Omenugha said their success was a positive manifestation of
the premium Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra placed on education, which she
said had been revolutionary.
She said the state government would provide all the necessary
support to facilitate the students’ journey to Singapore, as well as ensure
that they had a brilliant outing as she urged them to remain focused.
The successful students included three females and two males
from five secondary schools in Anambra. (NAN)
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