The 2017 Children’s Day celebration is one that several children
across the country will not forget in a hurry as leading smartphone
manufacturer TECNO Mobile decided to take their annual Children’s Day
celebration to major cities across Nigeria.
This year’s activity marked the brand’s fourth consecutive year of
awarding scholarships to top performing kids. Though previous editions
of the scholarship focused on rewarding highflying kids across the
country one city at a time, however this year, the mobile brand resolved
to simultaneously reward youngsters in government primary and secondary
schools across the country.
The activity was titled
“I Am The Future” greeted
selected schools across the country where the brand distributed books
and other stationary to the pupils. Interestingly, exams were conducted
for the children and the most outstanding ones were immediately awarded a
N100, 000 scholarship award.
Among the winners for this year’s N100,000 scholarship award were Tom
Divine of Ilupeju Primary School and Hamzat Quadri of Community Primary
School Ilupeju, Mushin LGA of Lagos.
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| Winner of N100,000 scholarship – Tom Divine of Ilupeju Primary School |
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Winner of N100,000 scholarship – Hamzat Quadri of Community Primary School Ilupeju
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Asides the cash prizes given to the pupils in Lagos, winners from
schools in Delta state were rewarded with some mobile devices. The
winners from secondary school got a TECNO W3 device while the 1st
runner-ups each went home with a TECNO Y2 and then the 2nd runner-ups
got iFlux lamps.
The contribution of private and government stakeholders in the
educational sector should never be exhausted due to the dynamic nature
of education and its importance to nation building.
Thus, it is important to mention that while the government is
expected to assume more responsibilities for the growth and development
of our children, private entities should also play a more inclusive role
in salvaging the future of these young ones like TECNO Mobile is
already doing so that they will be able to compete with their
counterparts in other parts of the world.
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