IJSO Study Guide out July 8, 2009

The IJSO study guide will be out July 8, 2009. Please check with your State IJSO Coordinator if the copy of the study guide is already available. Winning gold at the IJSO is all about early preparation. This Guide will point the right way to go about preparing for IJSO. Also look out for web freebies details contained in the Book.

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2009 BATTLE OF THE BRAINS CATEGORY BEGINS

Registration for the 2009 IJSO will kick off July 8, 2009 and close September 18, 2009.  Due to the uniqueness of the 2010 IJSO as Nigeria will be hosting, we are modifying our annual event calendar.

At the instance of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Registration is FREE for two students from a particular school. Schools interested in registering more students will have to contact the State IJSO Coordinator for details on how to go about this.

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CENTER FOR THE GIFTED ENTERS AN EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT WITH SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTRE IN TAIWAN

Another international exchange agreement has been entered into by the Center for The Gifted in Science, Abuja with the Science Education Center of the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City.

Under this agreement it is expected that Nigerian students will be regularly attending summer camps and short time studies in Taipei City, Taiwan. This will further assist our quest to bridge the perceived disenfranchisement of Nigerian students from opportunities available in the world. The Executive Director of the Science Education Centre, Professor Chun-yen Chang looks forward to the first set of Nigerian students to attend the summer programmes in 2010.

NIGERIAN STUDENTS INVITED FOR THE 2009 FUTURE SCIENTISTS CONFERENCE AND SUMMER CAMP IN MASAN, SOUTH KOREA FROM AUGUST 2 - 30, 2009

Our sister organization APEC Mentoring Center for the Gifted in Science is organizing an international conference and summer camp in Masan, Korea from August 2 - 30, 2009.

During the camp, the students will receive lectures from prominent scientists from all over the World, they will also engage in diverse exciting activities. Interested Schools and students are expected to contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

(Professor Peter Okebukola, Chair, Board Of Trustees, Centre for The Gifted in Science, Abuja and Professor Sang Chun Lee, Executive Director, APEC Mentoring Center for the Gifted in Science, Masan, Korea recently)

University Scholarship for Gold Winners at 2009 and 2010 IJSO

The Representative of the Honourable Minister of Science and Technology [name withheld] have suggested what is perhaps the best news for participants of the IJSO category A and B to the effect that every Gold medalist at the 2009 IJSO in Baku, Azebaijan and 2010 IJSO in Abuja Nigeria will be offered a full university scholarship in any part of the world. The announcement which will be made official shortly is seen as one of the steps taken by the Federal Government of Nigeria to encourage our young scientists. So who will win the University scholarship? Time will tell.