2023 Tolaram Science Challenge Produces Winner

Community Senior High School, Lekki, has emerged as the 2023 Tolaram Science Challenge (TSC) winner, defeating Magbon Alade Senior Grammar School at the grand finale of the competition sponsored by the Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) Company.

The Tolaram Science Challenge is an annual science-based competition for schools in the Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos, where the Free Zone is situated. 

The initiative aims to develop and promote science education among students in the area.

Sixteen secondary schools participated in this year’s edition, with six students representing each school. The students were tested in five core subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and General Knowledge). At the end of the week-long competition, Community High School, Akodo, finished third, while Eagle’s Vision International School, Orofun, came fourth.

During the closing ceremony, the top three students in the competition were rewarded with cash, certificates and other consolatory prizes. Also, the best students from the 16 participating schools were awarded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scholarship for their outstanding performance. 

Speaking during the closing ceremony, the representative of the Permanent Secretary, Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Lagos State, Mr. Okesanya Abiodun, thanked the company for being a torchbearer of progress, shaping the lives of students in the communities for a brighter tomorrow through the competition.

He encouraged other corporate organisations within and outside the zone to emulate Tolaram by investing in the future of children in the country. Okesanya noted that everyone, including teachers, parents and guardians, and corporate organisations, owes it a duty to collectively nurture a generation of young minds who will lead change in creating sustainable development for the betterment of Lagos and making it a 21st-century economy.

In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Free Zone, Dinesh Rathi, commended all the stakeholders for their support. He assured them that the competition had become a veritable platform for creating champions for Nigeria’s future.

Rathi disclosed that one of the social impacts of the competition was the emergence of one of the participants of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the competition, Kabiru Olakunle, as the best-graduating student from the School of Transport and Logistics at the 26th convocation ceremony of Lagos State University recently.

He congratulated Community High School for emerging as the winner of the 2023 edition.

Speaking shortly after receiving the trophy, the team captain, Community Senior High School, Lekki, Lot Stephen, expressed great delight at the success recorded by his team at this year’s competition, noting that the performance is a product of hard work and dedication from all the members of the team.

The Tolaram Science Challenge is supported by Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited, Lekki Freeport Terminal, Dufil Prima Foods Limited, producers of Indomie Instant Noodles, TG Arla, the producers of Dano Milk and Kellogg Tolaram. Others are the Rotary Club of Eko Atlantic, Stanbic IBTC, Leadway Assurance and CHEC.