FEDMAT College, Akobo-Ojuirin, Olorunda Aaba, Ibadan, Oyo State, has emerged as the overall best college in the National Mathematics Olympiad competition, 2022 edition, Junior category, conducted by the Mathematics Association of Nigeria(MAN), held recently. In a chat with Tribune Online, the student of the college who represented Oyo State at the national level of the competition, Samuel Oladele, attributed his success story to the college’s state–of–the–art teaching and learning facilities, as well as the experienced and qualified teachers in the college.

“This year’s National Mathematics Olympiad competition was held at the Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta. I performed brilliantly well at the local and at state levels of the competition, which qualified me to represent Oyo State in the quiz segment at the national level. “There were many schools from other states in the country that took part in the competition. And at the end of the exercise, I did my state proud by leading other states in the country. Ogun State came second while Enugu State finished third respectively,” he said.

“FEDMAT College is one of the private secondary schools in Oyo state that can boast of well-equipped teaching and learning facilities that make every subject learnable,” he stated, speaking about his institution. This college welcomes children.

In addition, he expressed gratitude to God and Mr. Samuel Ajayi, his math teacher, for supporting him all the way through the competition’s local, state, and national stages, where he placed first overall.

In a same spirit, Mr. Samuel Ajayi, one of the college’s instructors, verified that the institution has always succeeded in external or certificated exams due to merit rather than chance.

He believes that the institution is equipped to properly instruct and transfer knowledge to students. He pointed out that every teacher at the school has acquired the necessary abilities to introduce pupils to the material while employing various approaches to help them grasp the idea.

The college’s proprietress, Mrs. Olufumilayo Okundade, stated that since the FEDMAT primary school section opened in January 2004, the administration of the school has worked extremely hard to create a conventional private secondary school in the state that can provide a secondary education fit for the twenty-first century.

Our goal has always been for FEDMAT School to rank among the best in the nation. She claimed this gave the school administration information to invest in invest in human and infrastructural development for the effective take-off of the college,” she said.

She continued, “Hiring experienced graduate subject teachers who can produce knowledgeable students and creating a learning-friendly school environment by setting up teaching facilities for the successful teaching and learning process are our top priorities. In actuality, we have a system in place that can provide high-quality instruction.

“Our kids have previously represented the state in national tournaments. In the sciences and other topics, we are also performing quite well,” she said.