Six students to represent Nigeria at Microsoft championship in US

Six Nigerian students drawn from various Secondary Schools will represent the country at the 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) scheduled to hold in Disneyland, Anaheim, California, United States of America.

The competition, which is designed to test students’ capabilities in the use of Microsoft, would take place between July 28 and 31, 2024, and is a yearly event that attracts students from over 150 countries of the world.

The six students were selected to represent Nigeria after emerging as winners of the 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Nigeria competition conducted by ReadManna between October 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024.

Speaking at the competition, Chief Executive Office of ReadManna Empowerment Initiative (REF), Mrs Edna Agusto, said Nigeria has come second and third in the World Championship in the past 15 years and had finished in the top places nearly every year.

Agusto said the Nigeria version of the Championship is sponsored yearly by Zenith Bank, and it challenges students to demonstrate their proficiency in the use of Microsoft word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Giving details of the students, Agusto said Olamiposi Ayoola Ajisafe is an Excel 2019 winner from Faith Academy, Gowon Estate, Lagos, who scored 1,000/1,000 at the competition, Gabari Rume, a Word 2019 winner from Grace High School, Gbagada, Lagos State, who scored 1000/1000, and Daniel Uzugbo, a PowerPoint 2019 winner from Faith Academy, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, who also scored 1,000/1,000.

Others are Bolurinwa Fabuyi, an Excel Office 365 winner from City of Knowledge Academy, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State who scored 980/1,000, Ariigbabu Oluwadamisola, a Word Office winner from Faith Academy, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State who scored 1,000/1,000 and Excel Chukwuemeka, a PowerPoint Office winner from Faith Academy, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State who also scored 1,000/1,000.

Agusto disclosed that though the MOS certification, users would become proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Programmes, thereby improving their chances of becoming gainfully employed in today’s global and digital world.

She disclosed that the competition is opened to all students between the ages of 13 and 22, who enrolled in an academic institution., saying that 126 students comprising 68 males and 58 females were also shortlisted at the competition held in Abuja, Gbagada, Ikorodu, Ijebu-Ode and Uyo.

-9News Nigeria.