Mathematics is very important to man because it is the foundation and the secret of development of man and society. This was the submission of Master David Olaiya a contestant in the on-going Season 5 of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited.

Olaiya, who flew the flag of Loyola Jesuit Memorial College, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, explained to journalists outside the studio in Lagos last weekend that Mathematics helps one to think analytically about the world around us and have better reasoning abilities.

“Analytical and reasoning skills are important because they help us solve problems and look for solutions. It contains the secrets of life and living which is very important in everyday life as it provides us to do the calculations easily and correctly”, he said.

In the senior category preliminary Group E contest last weekend, Olaiya alongside Miss Favour Williams of Loyola College, Abuja cross the border line into the semi-final.

The feat by the duo left four of their colleague stranded and out of contention. These include Babakura Zanna of Elkanemi College, Maiduguri, Borno State; Paul Iginla from Divine Covenant Academy, Igbogene- Yenegoa, Bayelsa State; Goodness Olarewaju of the Incubators Secondary, Kaduna, Kaduna State and Rilwan Najib of the Caliphate International School, Sokoto, Sokoto State.

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We complain that history is not taught in our schools. Maths, that is taught but not learned is really a bigger problem, and the solution is the individual student who does not burn oil on maths.

Unless ye learn Mathematics, ye shall not begin to comprehend your existence on earth, not to talk of understanding anything about Kingdoms!