Katherine Eta of Childville School, Ogudu, Lagos has emerged the third place winner in the keenly contested 2017 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) held in Disneyland, California, USA.





Katherine, whose attendance at this year’s championship with support from Zenith Bank Plc., is the only African Champion in this year’s championship. The bank has partnered with ReadAmana, organisers of the competition in Nigeria since 2007 and sponsored Nigerian winners’ participation in the World championship.

For her effort, sixteen year old Katherine, whose attendance at the competition was made possible by Zenith Bank, received $1,500, a NuVision Solo 10 Draw Tablet at the world championship and another N750,000 ReadManna Chairman’s Prize.


Wai Feng Cheng (Hong Kong) and Chi Kei Leong (Macao) came first and second respectively.

The annual Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests student’s skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Apart from Katerine, four other Nigerian students represented Nigeria at the competition which is open to all students aged between 13 and 22 years enrolled in an academic institution.

The other members of the Nigerian delegation were Husna Bello, Glisten International Academy, Abuja, FCT; Ogon Holdings, Deeper Life High School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Adeniran Oluwatamilore, Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State; Oloriegbe Favour, Childville Schools, Ogudu, Lagos and David Eta, Childville Schools, Ogudu, Lagos, Lagos State.

The team was accompanied to the championship by an ICT Teacher from Glisten International Academy, Abuja, Stephen Adeyemi.

The 2017 MOSWC in versions 2013 and 2016 of the Microsoft programs was contested worldwide by about 1.1 million students from 140 countries. 157 students from 50 countries eventually qualified to compete in the world finals in Disneyland, California.

This year’s championship conducted annually by ReadManna in Nigeria was held over a period of 7 months between 1 August, 2016 and 30 April, 2017 with about 882 entries from 20 Secondary Schools in Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Kwara States and the FCT.

The competition ended with 112 out of the 161 students shortlisted for the national competiiton certified in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.


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Wai Feng Cheng (Hong Kong) and Chi Kei Leong (Macao) came first and second respectively.



Awon Chinko oshi .....

Good one dear...thanks for making us proud.

Nice.Came them young





am all the way from mp3baddo

Niiice

Nigeria has a lot of intellectual and brilliant people....

If only we can focus on developing ourselves and forget about what Buhari has to do for us...

Believe in yourself

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Nice.

Africa as a whole are more intelligent, potential and talented than Oyinbo. Our problem is lack of needed empowerment, ignorance and corrupt leadership.

NCAN disappointed..

Nice one

God bless Kate! God bless Lagos! God bless Nigeria!

She can't beat those Chinkos they are too good!

Keep it up guys,

cool

fine gal with nice smile

Keep it up guys.

3rd position ain't bad for a fvcked up country like Nigeria

Nice one girl

Congratulations, naija no dey carry last

Congrats Katherine! I wish you the best in your future endeavors. Go home NCAN trolls, no food for you guys this time around.

nice

Congratulations Nigeria

up naija

Young Nigerians making Nigeria proud,kudos to you

lailo:
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Thief

wonderful

Cool, really nice...

Thanks for making us proud. Congrats.

How chinko people cum sabi pass us

lailo:
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She is not a Biafran. That name is an Urhobo/Isoko name.