The victorious girls – Promise Nnalue, Nwabuaku Ossai, Adaeze Onuigbo, Vivian Okoye, Jessica Osita and Miracle Igboke – won the World Technovation Challenge in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco, US, in August.
Their winning innovation was FD-Detector Application, which they developed to curb fake drugs.
The team, which was guided by Uchenna Onwuamaegbu, won the gold medal after defeating representatives of other countries including the USA, Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China.
The team was accompanied to the Presidential Villa in Abuja by the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Nkem Okeke, Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, and the Principal of the girls’ school, Regina Pacies Secondary School Onitsha, Anambra State.
Tech Education: Not for drop-outs
Technical education has been identified as the way forward from Nigeria’s economic quagmire. According to an expert, technical education is that knowledge needed by students to enhance the manufacturing of goods for export and domestic use.
Executive Secretary of Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board, LASTVEB, Mrs. Omolara Erogbogbo, lamented that while many countries of the world have embraced technical knowledge, our country is still being persuaded to do so. Speaking during an interactive session with the media in Lagos, she said: “The economic progress of the nation greatly depends on its industrialisation.” Erogbogbo who urged states of the federation to key in, noted that the Lagos State Government, which is the economic hub of the country, has since established 10 technical schools.
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