BY DAYO ADESULU

The trio of Olubunmi Agusto, Ntekim Toluwani and Adonijah Airede who emerged best at the 2014 Certiport Microsoft Office Specialist National Championship are to represent Nigeria in the United States of America.

Olubunmi Agusto from Day Waterman College, Abeokuta, Ogun state scored 967 in 15 minutes 88 seconds in Word 2007. Closely allied was Ntekim Toluwani from Thomas Adewunmi International College, Oko, Kwara state who scored 936 in PowerPoint 2010 in 25 minutes 28 seconds. Just as Adonijah Oshioselaga Airede from Regent School Abuja scored 931 in Word 2010 in 22 minutes 38 seconds.

The top 3 students and an ICT teacher Mr Moses Abiodun from Thomas Adewunmi International College, Oko Kwara state would represent Nigeria at the MOS World Championship taking place at Anaheim, California, USA from July 27 – July 30, 2014.

The yearly competition organized by ReadManna is designed to get the best students in Microsoft Office Specialist who will contest in the World Championship in a stiff contest. The competition which is meant for students between ages 13 to 22 drew no fewer than ten registered schools to Lagos to participate in the advanced stage where they were made to defend their scores under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer ReadManna, Mrs. Edna Agusto.

Speaking to journalists at the event, Mrs Agusto said, “one of the objectives is to provide students with a globally recognized and highly valuable credential to use in their academic and professional pursuits.” She said that the certification will provide workers with the means to enhance their skills, prove their expertise, improve their professional performance, and advance their careers.

The CEO explained further that exposing students to ICT at their early stage will encourage our academic institutions to incorporate these international programs in their curriculum, provide our youths with the much needed ICT background to compete on a global level.

“Our target is to equip the future Nigeria with the necessities for leadership and foster an ICT literate society, to promote quality education and unlock the untapped potentials of the Nigerian youth,” she added.