Intel
Corporation will sponsor the 11th edition of the National Festival of
School Science Fair taking place in Ado -Ekiti, Ekiti State from March
Sunday, 15th through 17th, 2015.
The
National Festival of School Science was conceived in November, 2004 as
an Initiative of Genius Illumina with the clear objective of encouraging
the teaching and learning of Science and as a catalyst for sustainable
national development.
Intel
has been a corporate sponsor of the Science Fair since 2008 and will
once again sponsor this year’s fair. Intel is directly involved in
education in Nigeria and indeed around the world in order to expand
elementary and secondary students’ knowledge of and enthusiasm for
science, mathematics and engineering.
Olubunmi
Ekundare, country manager, Intel Nigeria, while explaining the
mechanics of the competition stated, “Intel is directly involved in
education today to inspire and enable innovation tomorrow and to expand
elementary and secondary students’ knowledge of and enthusiasm for
science, mathematics and engineering”
“This
is also why Intel sponsors a number of maths and science competitions
including Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a Program of
Society for Science & the Public which brings together hundreds of
young scientists to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science, and
compete for scholarships” Ekundare added.
Explaining
further on the reason for the Fair, Genius Illumina, executive
director, Dr Jerry Orhue, said, “For us at Genius Illumina, it's been
eleven years of unbroken commitment to the promotion of excellence in
Science and Technology Education. Over ten years ago, we stood alone,
but today, we are grateful to have giants standing by us. We remain
highly indebted to our financial partners who through their commitments
to the Nigerian child have continued to put their money behind our noble
dream. We look forward to many more years of working together with them
for the glory of our great country”.
Interestingly,
NAFESS organized by Genius Illumina is affiliated to Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair (INTEL-ISEF) in the United
States.
Winners
of the best 3 projects at this year’s fair will be sponsored to attend
the Intel (ISEF) in the US in May, 2015 while the teachers of students
with winning projects would be recognised at the award ceremony.
The
Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the world’s largest pre-college
science competition, bringing together hundreds of young scientists to
share ideas, showcase cutting-edge science, and compete for
scholarships.
The
competition encourages students to solve problems and tackle
challenging scientific questions through authentic research. Intel
assumed sponsorship of Intel ISEF in 1996, and in October 2008 extended
its commitment to the program through 2019.
Apart
from attendance at the Intel-ISEF, Genius Illumina kids have also been
opportune to feature in notable International events such as the
International Sustainable World Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) based in
Houston Texas, (since 2010), the Expo Science International (ESI), a
programme of the international Movement for Leisure Activity in Science
and Technology, MILSET (since 2011).
Intel
is determined to use the platform of the National School Science Fair
to gradually transform every Nigerian student into a researcher and to
help them see themselves as part of solutions to societal problems.
Intel
Corporation www.intel.com is an American multinational semiconductor
chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
It
is the worlds’ largest and highest valued semiconductor chip maker,
based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of
microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers.
Intel
also makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and
integrated circuits, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors
and other devices related to communications and computing.
Source: Nigeria Communications Week
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