By CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE and BRIDGET NWOYE

Winners of the quiz competition based on Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Idemili North LGA had emerged during the marking of the Anambra Innovation Week (AIW) in the council area by secondary school students.

The Anambra Innovation Week (AIW) is designed to encourage and foster technological innovation among secondary school students in the state given the centrality of ICT in the development of a country.

During the two-day event, which took place at Idemili North LGA headquarters, innumerable students from over thirty schools participated in the presentation of technological innovations and ICT quiz competition.

At the end of the keenly contested quiz competition, Nwosu Kenneth Anthony came first; Akuora Michael Onu came second while Nwachukwu Frederick took the third position.

The winner of the ICT quiz competition, Nwosu Kenneth Anthony, is a student of Divine Rays Demonstration School, Obosi while Akuora Michael Onu and Frederick Nwachukwu, who came second and third respectively, are students of Dominican Sisters? College, Abatete.

The winner of the ICT quiz competition in Idemili North LGA designed to mark Anambra Innovation Week (AIW) will receive a cash prize of 200,000 naira while the first runner-up and second runner-up will receive N150,000 and N100,000, respectively.

Other schools in Idemili North LGA, which participated in the AIW quiz and presentation of technological innovation included Choice De Immaculate Demonstration School, Obosi; Arch Bishop Heerey Technical College, Ogidi; Amater Amabilis, Umuoji; St. Anthony of Padua, Nkpor; Ebelechukwu International School, Nkpor; and others.

In his speech during the event, the chief moderator, Mr. Uchenna Franklin, advised the students, who participated in the quiz to perceive themselves as geniuses, their positions in the quiz notwithstanding.

?You are geniuses as long as you can read and write; and the positions you took in the contest are immaterial.

?And there is hope for Anambra state considering the level of competitiveness and knowledge displayed by the participating students,? Uchenna said.

And Nwosu Kenneth Anthony who won the contest attributed his success to the quality and wide range of ICT knowledge he received from his teachers and the computer programming course he studied.

?Okoye and Nwoye are Anambra State Information Officers attached to Idemili North LGA.