Rotary Club of Port Harcourt GRA, has spent N850,000 on the 10 finalists of the 13th edition of Rotary Einstein Science Challenge in Rivers State.
While the winner of the science challenge went home with a trophy and the sum of N300,000, the first and second runners-up received plagues as well as N200,000 and N100,000 respectively.
Also, seven other successful finalists in the contest received N50,000 for their ability to get to the final stage of the competition.
Speaking during the event in Port Harcourt yesterday, president of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, Rotarian Douglas Okafor, said the science challenge was part of the calendar of Rotary International, aimed at discovering young scientists.
Okafor stated the competition started 10 weeks ago with 100 contestants drawn from various secondary schools in the state, pointing out that qualifying examinations were written at different stages, leading to the emergence of the ‘Top 10’ finalists.
While expressing the hope that over 100 secondary schools in the state would participate in next year’s edition of the competition, the Rotary Club president revealed that over 40 schools participated in the 13th edition.
