In recognition of their outstanding performances, Conrad Foundation has awarded students from Greensprings Secondary School, Ibeju-Lekki, Awoyaya campus a scholarship worth $60,000 (approximately ₦21 million), for 4 years per finalist at Clarkson University, New York, United States of America.
The scholarship was awarded by the Conrad Foundation through the Conrad Challenge, a competition that was formed in 2008 in honour of the legacy of Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr.
As an annual competition, the Conrad Challenge brings together a dynamic community of innovators and entrepreneurs driving a collaborative movement to develop extraordinary and viable solutions that benefit our world in the areas of Aerospace, Aviation, Cyber-Technology , Security, Energy, Environment, Health, Nutrition and Smoke-Free World.
The aim of the Conrad Foundation partnership with schools is to help develop talents and drive entrepreneurship in Africa. Several top-league secondary schools partake in this annual competition.
Greensprings School, Lekki campus presented three teams for the Conrad Challenge and two of the three teams qualified for the final stage. At the grand finale of the challenge at the prestigious Lekki Peninsula Hotel recently, a team from Greensprings School (the Five Ions) emerged the First Runner Up out of 13 teams from schools all over Nigeria.
All the students in the team (i.e. the Five Ions) received scholarships worth over $60,000 for 4 years at Clarkson University, New York.
Feyisara Ojugo, Principal, Greensprings Secondary School, Lekki campus while commenting on the feat of said the participation of her students in the Conrad Challenge has helped to strengthen their minds, and also, the experience has assisted to further motivate and inspire the spirit of innovation in our students. .
According to her, “Being able to see prototyping machines, firsthand, in operation and meeting innovation experts was a rare experience beyond the theories in classroom.”
Ojugo further stated that winning the scholarship is exciting news for Greensprings School, as the school continues to redefine education in Africa, by consistently molding students to become global citizens and leaders in various fields.
KELECHI EWUZIE
