The Meireer Schooling Basis commemorated the 2026 Worldwide Day of Schooling by internet hosting an essay competitors in Abuja, bringing collectively college students, educators, and stakeholders to advertise educational excellence and tackle instructional inequality in Nigeria.
The competitors featured junior and senior secondary faculty college students throughout the Federal Capital Territory. Senior college students explored the alternatives and challenges of expertise in training, whereas junior college students examined the function of training in shaping accountable world residents. The panel of judges Ms. Fatima Anyekema, Ms. Chidinma Umahi Nwankwo, and Mrs. Ochanya Majesty Ochigbo ensured a reputable and clear analysis course of.
Within the Senior Class, Inioluwa Jesse Omotosho (Kings Complete Faculty) emerged winner, adopted by Ifeanyi Esther and Chidozie-Okeke Jessica Chioma of ADSS Mogadishu Cantonment. Within the Junior Class, Favour Chima (Deeper Actual Imaginative and prescient Academy) positioned first, with Idris Barakat Alfa (JSS Gbagalape) second, whereas twin brothers Samuel and Stephen Ogboji (Stella Maris School) shared third place after independently submitting equally excellent essays.
The prize presentation was attended by basis representatives, led by the Chief Working Officer, Vivian Ovie-Whiskey, alongside Mr. Pius Akhigbe, Ms. Rachael Sewuese Dzer, and Drs. Ide Nenger and Fabowale Oreoluwa, who counseled the scholars for his or her creativity and self-discipline.
Interviews performed throughout the occasion highlighted key points in Nigeria’s training sector, together with shortages of certified academics, unequal entry to sources, declining pupil motivation, and disparities between private and non-private faculties. Educators emphasised the necessity for stronger collaboration, improved requirements, and elevated parental involvement.
Scholar reflections added a private perspective. Senior winner Inioluwa Jesse Omotosho described his victory as “surreal,” noting that rewriting his essay a number of instances strengthened his confidence and proved the worth of persistence. Junior winner Favour Chima described the expertise as “great” and expressed appreciation for her academics and studying setting.
Based in 2022 by its Founder and Government Director, Esther Akhigbe, the Basis is pushed by a transparent imaginative and prescient: to bridge the training hole between the wealthy and people missing the {financial} means to entry fundamental education- with a mission of adjusting the world one baby at a time by training.
Past the competitors, the Basis has sponsored the training of 93 college students throughout eight communities and applied packages that equip beneficiaries with vocational and sustainable abilities, persevering with to place training as a robust instrument for alternative and social inclusion.