Alexander Oghenebrume, a main six pupil of Bridge’s Faculties at Babatunde Laja Academy has emerged as the general greatest out of over 1,800 pupils at eleventh version of The Final Arithmetic Ambassador (TUMA) competitors.

TUMA is an annual occasion organised by the Ambassadors College, Ogun State with a imaginative and prescient to remove arithmetic phobia amongst pupils and uncover skills.

In the course of the prize-giving and award ceremony, Samson Osewa, the chairman of Ambassador College, Ota, stated: “It’s all the time an honour for us to host the Final Ambassador Maths Competitors and this company social accountability of the Ambassador Faculties, Ota, is fuelled by a want to exchange the phobia for arithmetic which is inherent in most younger individuals, with a cultivated ardour for the topic.”

Osewa added that: “Arithmetic is the mom of invention. The data of arithmetic just isn’t self-sufficient but it surely stays the bridge to different worlds.”

He stated arithmetic supplies an efficient means of constructing psychological self-discipline and encourages logical reasoning and psychological rigour.

“As well as, mathematical data performs a vital position in understanding the contents of different faculty topics reminiscent of science, social research, and even music and artwork.”

Commenting on the end result of the competitors, Foyinsola Akinjayeju, the managing director of Bridge Worldwide Academies (Bridge) in Nigeria, stated: “The results of the 2023 Final Maths Ambassador competitors is a testomony to our worth proposition at Bridge – Bridge Builds Leaders. It’s our first time taking part within the TUMA competitors as a faculty and we’re greater than excited to have come first place amongst a number of different nice skills. We’re tremendous pleased with Alex and his instructor.”

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Arithmetic is taken significantly in Bridge Faculties as is evidenced by the outcomes from a report by the UK’s Division for Worldwide Improvement (DFID).

The report discovered that Lecturers in Bridge colleges spend extra time educating numeracy than in different non-public colleges (93 p.c vs 85 p.c).

Hamida Alebiosu, one other Bridge pupil, who additionally participated within the competitors acquired a prize for rising as one of many top-performing pupils on the competitors.

Bridge is a community of Neighborhood Faculties throughout Lagos and Osun States and its pupils have persistently delivered excessive scores on the Nationwide Frequent Entrance Examinations for 4 consecutive years, surpassing the nationwide and state cut-off marks into federal unity colleges.

The outcome from TUMA 2023 proves that Bridge methodologies drive pupils towards attaining educational excellence.