Education

BSTAN Group Takes Affordable House Campaign To School Children

Published

4 years ago

July 6, 2021

… As Tulip Int,.School others emerges winner maiden edition of BSTAN legacy Quest

Joel Ajayi

In its quest to ensure a good and affordable house for Nigerians BSTAN Group, one of the leading real estate firm in Nigeria has commenced the BSTAN legacy Quest competition for school children an initiative that believes would encourage children through land banking which is the fast way of building legacy and future of Nigerians children

In the Senior Secondary Category Adargo chinelo Nnamidi of Nigerian TULIP International school defeated Nnodim purity Chibuchi and Olamide Abisoye of SASCON International School who came 2nd and 3rd to clinch the 2021 edition of the BSTAN legacy Quest completion.

In The Junior Secondary School category,Ifeoluwa Adeleye of LEAD British School conquered her school mate Kelechi Valentine and Khadija Abdulrahman of the glisten international school in who came 2nd and 3rd respectively

Speaking shortly after the grand finale, the BSTAN group GMD he royal Highness, Erelu Dr. Becky Olubokola said tht Bstan legacy quest is a schools competition targeted at children to invest in real estate through land banking campaign initiatives.

Dr Olubukola revealed that BSTAN legacy Quest is aimed at encouraging property ownership across of every age grade which preaches no one is too young to own a property or own a land no matter age, class.

When asked, while did the BSTAN take the campaign of affordable houses to school children? she replied: “what we are doing is to reach out to many kids as possible and encouraging them through land banking which is fast way of building legacy the kids and build their future in such a way that they can achieve anything they want to achieve in the long run.

“Average Nigerians hardily can afford 3 square meals talk more of owing a shelter and as we all know that shelter is a basic need of life and for us in BSTAN home it’s important that we ensure that everyone have capacity to own a home.

“That is why we came up with our affordable home which is best platform in Nigeria that cater for less privileged, the lower, middle and high class we have our project everywhere across Nigeria, we have over 26,000 thousand houses going on in all our project.

“75% of all our project are all affordable home and we give people a room to pay 3 years installment and 7 years installment for me, it’s important that everyone deserve to have a home that is why we in BSTAN home brought up different campaign

“We have the trader’s scheme that makes people to pay 2,300 every day for a period of five years

“We have the kids legacy we brought affordable to to children because they are inheritance, they are our tomorrow and most parent are hustling and busting around forgetting that they need to keep something for these children, a child that you did not teach about heritage will sell all the property that you have when parent dies, that is why these children need need to be taught from now the mindset of investments in real estates.”

On her own, one of the winners, Miss Chinelo Nnamidi a 15 years old student Nigerian TULIPS International Academy Abuja expressed: “I feel very great, I feel very happy.

Kudos to the organizer for this great event for giving children opportunities to get what they are not imagines getting at their young ages its very nice approach I am speechless.”

When asked what is going to do with the land? She replied: “I really don’t know but i will keep it for my future.”

However, about 24 schools in FCT participated, pruned to 5 that participated in final and the winners of each category smiled home with a plot of lands, cash, as the 6 contestants were made brand Ambassadors of BSTAN as certain part of their Tuition fees will be taken care of every year.

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Education

NECO acquires high performance OMR scanner to enhance examination efficiency

Published

2 weeks ago

March 6, 2025

The Gleamer

Mariam Sanni

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has acquired a high performance Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) Scanner to enhance the efficiency, Credibility and Security of its examinations.

In a statement by the Ag. Director of information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani , the Registrar/Chief Executive, prof. Dantani Ibrahim wushishi at the inauguration of the newly Installed Scanning machine at the ICT Department in Minna , said it was part of the Council’s efforts to improve accuracy, speed and reliability in its examination process.

Prof. Wushishi disclosed that the scantron Insight 1500c is a high performance OMR Scanner known for its precision, speed and ability to handle large volume of scripts efficiently.

He explained that “with this new addition, we will significantly enhance our data processing capabilities, ensuring faster and more accurate results processing for millions of candidates across the world”.

According to him, the newly acquired scanner has the capability to scan over 15,000 OMR sheets per hour and 250 per minute.

The Registrar stated that the scanning machine which cost about N500 million, has the capacity to simultaneously scan and score OMR sheets.

Prof. Wushishi explained that the acquisition of the high-speed scanner is a testament to NECO’s commitment to leveraging technology in all its examination processes.

The Director ICT Department, Mr. Goddy Usioboh, in has address, said the acquisition of the new scanner aligns with NECO’s Vision of delivering World-class examination services while maintaining the integrity of its assessment.

The Technical Adviser from Scantron Company, Minessota, USA, Mr. Tom Harry who trained the staff of the ICT Department on the Operations of the new scanning machine, expressed satisfaction with the staff high level of dedication and diligence during the training.

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