Oritsegbubemi Omatseyin
Lagos — Seplat Energy Plc has concluded the 12th edition of the Seplat Energy JV PEARLs Quiz, which is one of its signature educational Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
Don Bosco Science Academy, Ekpoma, Edo State emerged winner, bagging the coveted prize of ten million naira for a project and one hundred thousand naira scholarship for each of its three partaking students.
In the 2023 edition, 510 schools sat for the qualifying test online while about 139 schools qualified from the online process. This year’s PEARLs Quiz Competition kicked off in Benin, Edo State 10th October, 2023.
The grand finale of the programme, which was held in Asaba, Delta State, had in attendance secondary schools from Edo and Delta States, government officials, various communities from both States, media, management of the NNPC Exploration and Production Limited, NEPL, staff, management members of Seplat Energy, among others.
Our Saviour Secondary School, Sapele, Delta State; and Hollywood International School, Asaba, Delta State emerged as the second and third place winners respectively. Divine Province Educational Centre, Edo State took the fourth place.
Our Saviour Secondary School was awarded a five million naira project award and seventy-five thousand-naira scholarship each for its three partaking students. Hollywood International School was given a prize of three million naira project award and fifty thousand naira scholarship for each of its three partaking students. Divine Province Educational Centre got a ten thousand naira scholarship for each of its three partaking students
The Seplat Energy JV PEARLs Quiz is a key component of Seplat Energy’s Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, initiatives, the competition is executed in conjunction with its Joint Venture partner, NEPL. The quiz competition was keenly contested, and all qualified schools and teachers were rewarded with consolation prizes.
