Intel Nigeria, ISED Sponsor Science Students to Global Competition

Intel Nigeria, the world’s biggest chip maker has partnered with the Initiative for Sustainable Educational Development (ISED) to bankroll the finals of the Nigeria Science fair.
 Bunmi Ekundare, corporate affairs manager, Intel West Africa, said that the two winning group projects and teams from Dorego Private Academy and Homat Comprehensive College, Lagos, would be sponsored by Intel to participate and compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Reno-Nevada, United States in May 2009.
Ekundare said Intel is genuinely committed to partnering with serious minded organizations to develop science education among college students in Nigeria. He noted that this was responsible for the resources committed to actualize this cause.  “We are offering Nigerian students and future leaders a first of its kind opportunity to compete with their colleagues on a global scale at the 50th edition of the international fair. The 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) will bring 1,600 exceptional high-school science students from more than 50 countries, regions and territories to Reno to compete for $4 million in scholarships and prizes at the world’s largest science, math, and engineering competition”, he said.
Ekundare expressed delight on the performance of Nigerian science students whom he said could come tops if given the right atmosphere and support. He further expressed readiness to sponsor the outstanding students and their projects to the INTEL-ISEF in US. This, he added, will boost science and overall development for Nigeria and Africa.
At the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world's largest pre-college science competition, students have a chance to dream and create big ideas like: a better way to get fresh water to victims of natural disasters, a way to help the blind and disabled access the Internet, or illustrate ground-breaking mathematical theories and initiative that could make life better and more desirable. These innovations, and more than a thousand like them, are on display every year at Intel ISEF, a global celebration of scientific excellence.
Intel ISEF finalists come from a field of more than 65,000 students who participated in more than 550 regional Intel ISEF-affiliated science fairs around the world. At the event, science discovery takes the centre stage.