Niger:
Fourteen-year-old
Titilayo Fasoro, unlike some of her contemporaries, has never been
afraid of Mathematics. In fact, she has always scored good grades in the
subject right from her primary school days. According to her, the least
she has scored in the subject is 80 per cent.
Therefore, for the SS1 pupil of Hallmark Secondary School in Ondo, Ondo State, her emergence as the champion in the just-concluded Nigerian Mathematics Olympiad for girls is the icing on the cake.
She said, “I have always loved Mathematics from primary school. My school, Hallmark, organises extra lessons for pupils. I was also specially tutored in preparation for different stages of the National Mathematics Competition by the Mathematics teachers in my school.”
According to the budding mathematician, candidates from across the 36 states participated in the competition.
Prior to her emergence at the national level, she scaled through three other stages in the competition triumphantly. The three stages, she said, were at the local government, zonal and the state levels.
Fasoro, crowned the Mathematics Queen by wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, declared that she has never experienced figure phobia. She handles every Mathematics test or problem with the same level of attention, even though she gets support from her teachers.
The youngster, who took home N100,000 and a scholarship valued at N3m, said she felt on top of the world when she was announced as the best female Mathematics pupil in the country.
She added, “I felt very happy and excited, more so when the Education Minister, Prof. Ruqquayat Rufa’i, and other dignitaries witnessed the event.”
Advising her colleagues still struggling with Mathematics, Titilayo, the third in a family of six children, said Mathematics was just like any other subject.
She added, “They should work harder and not be afraid of Mathematics, because it is not a no–go–area. They should also remember that in the kingdom of Mathematics, all other subjects are subjects. Any pupil can pass it easily if he/she puts his/her heart to it.”
Therefore, for the SS1 pupil of Hallmark Secondary School in Ondo, Ondo State, her emergence as the champion in the just-concluded Nigerian Mathematics Olympiad for girls is the icing on the cake.
She said, “I have always loved Mathematics from primary school. My school, Hallmark, organises extra lessons for pupils. I was also specially tutored in preparation for different stages of the National Mathematics Competition by the Mathematics teachers in my school.”
According to the budding mathematician, candidates from across the 36 states participated in the competition.
Prior to her emergence at the national level, she scaled through three other stages in the competition triumphantly. The three stages, she said, were at the local government, zonal and the state levels.
Fasoro, crowned the Mathematics Queen by wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, declared that she has never experienced figure phobia. She handles every Mathematics test or problem with the same level of attention, even though she gets support from her teachers.
The youngster, who took home N100,000 and a scholarship valued at N3m, said she felt on top of the world when she was announced as the best female Mathematics pupil in the country.
She added, “I felt very happy and excited, more so when the Education Minister, Prof. Ruqquayat Rufa’i, and other dignitaries witnessed the event.”
Advising her colleagues still struggling with Mathematics, Titilayo, the third in a family of six children, said Mathematics was just like any other subject.
She added, “They should work harder and not be afraid of Mathematics, because it is not a no–go–area. They should also remember that in the kingdom of Mathematics, all other subjects are subjects. Any pupil can pass it easily if he/she puts his/her heart to it.”
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