‘Youths can excel in science’

Excellent performance by students of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) in international scientific competitions has indicated that Nigerian youths can excel in all areas of scientific study, the Deputy Managing Director (Academics), Mr. Sabri Unal, has said. Unal, who made the remarks at a media briefing in Abuja, said with ideas and discoveries gathered […]

Excellent performance by students of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) in international scientific competitions has indicated that Nigerian youths can excel in all areas of scientific study, the Deputy Managing Director (Academics), Mr. Sabri Unal, has said.
Unal, who made the remarks at a media briefing in Abuja, said with ideas and discoveries gathered after NITC’s participation in series of scientific Olypiad competitions, the knowledge of youths in science is rapidly expanding, and Nigeria can “produce future equivalents of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and others.”
He said the colleges won 45 gold, 50 silver and 71 bronze medals and that the experience of the colleges in organizing the International Science Olympiad (ISO) confirms the capacity of Nigerian youth to excel internationally.
“NTIC is the pioneer organizer of the ISO, an international competition in science subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer and Biology, with more than 20 participating countries around the world, including Nigeria, Romania, the Netherlands, Argentina, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, South Africa, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Bosnia & Herzegovina and the USA.
“We have excelled at competitions such as the Informatrix International Computer Project Olympiad, International Art Competition, International Mathematical Olympiad, Pan African Mathematics Olympiad, International Science and Environmental Project Competitions and so on,” he said.
According to Mr. Unal, NTIC provides opportunities for 30, 000 students to compete for 30 full scholarship slots annually.