NMC Olympiad Competition Registration Form Guidelines 2024/2025

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The initiative began in 1998 as Cowbell National Secondary School Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC) when it was a written examination without a TV show.

Since 1998, the Cowbell brand has been involved in promoting the study of mathematics in secondary schools across Nigeria. In the process, it has helped millions of students develop interest in and gain a better understanding of the subject. The project is designed to identify, recognize and reward excellence in the study of mathematics. The program is deployed in public and private schools. It serves students between the ages of eight and eighteen.

In 2015, Promasidor Nigeria (PNG) became a sponsor of Cowbellpedia. Their sponsorship made the program more robust. In the same year, the initiative took a new dimension when it was split into two stages. The Stage One is the Qualifying Examination (written exam in designated centres across the country) and the Stage two is the TV quiz competition.

Since 2016, Cowbell-Our Milk has decided to bring all its mathematics intervention activities under one umbrella, Cowbellpedia. The top prize was increased to 2 million Nigerian Naira in 2018 so as to celebrate the 20 years anniversary of the Mathematics competition initiative.

Cowbellpedia is an annual mathematics intervention for young students in Nigeria with many touch points. It is approved by the Federal Ministry of Education and endorsed by National Examination Council (NECO), the National Examination body for secondary schools in Nigeria.

After schools must have duly completed their registration on www.cowbellpedia.ng, all the eligible students are expected to write a national qualifying examination, administered by NECO, at designated centers closest to them. The results are released online every 1 June, to commemorate World Milk Day.

From the students that write the examinations annually, the best 108 (54 junior and 54 senior students) converge in Lagos along with their mathematics teachers for the ultimate prize/bragging rights of the Best Mathematics Student of the year – The Cowbellpedia Future Inventor.

The Managing Director of the Promasidor maker of the Cowbell Our Milk and also founder of the Cowbellpedia, Mr. Anders Einarsson has announced an increase in the prize money for the 2018 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz Show for both students and teachers.

This is to mark the occasion of 20 years relationship of Cowbell and Mathematics in Nigeria
The Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Mr. Anders Einarsson while delivering his welcome speech during the press conference for the 2018 Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz Show made it known to the public and press that 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the association of the Cowbell Milk brand and the subject area of Mathematics.

“Our heritage speaks for us…
For 20 years, Cowbell has been dedicated to recognizing and rewarding excellence in the subject area of Mathematics amongst Secondary School students in Nigeria.

This year, we celebrate 20 years of our relationship with Mathematics with new and exciting initiatives for 2018″.

The search has begun to find Africa’s next set of innovators on the Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz Show.

Register today at www.cowbellpedia.ngThis is is to inform the general public that the National Mathematical Center has commenced the registration of the Nigerian Mathematics & Sciences National | Olympiad Competition for the academic session.

According to the General Time-Table Distribution and sales of forms (Syllabus  provided) commences from November, 2023.

ELIGIBILITY

The National Mathematical Centre, Abuja National Olympiad Competition is opened to students in JSS1 to SS3

MODE OF EXAMINATION

The competition is mainly in Mathematics (Senior & Junior), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Junior Science and Informatics (Senior & Junior).

Examinations are conducted in the first round for all interested students in all arms of secondary education.

Students who would excel in the First round will participate in the Second, Third and Fourth Rounds after which qualifying students will be selected in all subjects to represent Nigeria in the yearly International Olympiads that usually take place in different countries in the summer of every year.

Students who excel in the First round at the State Level will be awarded Star Prizes of Tablets, Handsets and Android Phones as encouragement for their performance. Plaques, Medals and Certificates of excellent performance will also be awarded to Schools, Teachers and Students who performed well in the various subjects.

Students can participate in up to two subjects in the competition.

Application Forms are available in all the 36 States Ministry of Education and other accredited agents and State Facilitators from NMC Abuja at the cost of One Thousand Two Hundred Naira Only (N1,200) per student per subject

Rules and Regulations

The current version of the IOI Regulations was approved by the General Assembly in Kazan, Russian Federation at IOI 2016. Click here to Download the comprehensive document.

Participants

• For the IOI, a Country is a state that has an officially recognised relationship with the United Nations, UNESCO, or which has already taken part in one or more past IOIs.
• The organisation of the IOI in year n is the responsibility of the Host Country for IOI’n. A Host Country consists of the responsible Ministry(ies), Institution(s), and/or Corporation(s) in that Country.
• Each participating Country is represented by a National Delegation; all members of a National Delegation represent one Country. A National Delegation is headed by a Delegation Leader, includes a team of one to four Contestants and, if there is more than one Contestant, may include a Deputy Leader.
• The Deputy Leader can act as a replacement for the Delegation Leader in all situations and may assist their Delegation Leader in all their duties.
• A Contestant is a student who was enrolled at a school for secondary education, in the Country they are representing, during the period September to December in the year before IOI’n, and is not older than twenty years on the 1st of July of the year of IOI’n. Students who are studying abroad may represent the Country of their nationality.