By Stephen Adeleye
GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo (GYBMSSSA), has made history by emerging as the 1st Runner-Up at the North-Central Zonal Quiz Competition organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS).
Our Correspondent reports that the 2026 NILDS Quiz Competition, organised in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, is held in three stages: State, Zonal and National levels.
At the State level, the competition featured six schools drawn from the three Senatorial Districts of Kogi State. GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo performed excellently to clinch the first position, defeating five other schools to qualify to represent Kogi State at the Zonal level.
The Zonal Competition for the North-Central Zone was held on Oct. 22, 2026, at the NILDS Headquarters, Abuja.
At the zonal contest, GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo, representing Kogi State, again displayed outstanding performance and emerged as 1st Runner-Up, while Government Secondary School (GSS), Kuwiri, Plateau State, emerged as overall winner and zonal champion.
Schools that participated at the zonal level were GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo (Kogi State), Redeemer Private Secondary School (FCT, Abuja), Government Secondary School, Kuwiri (Plateau State), Government Girls College, Makurdi (Benue State), and Crystal Comprehensive College (Nasarawa State), while Kwara State was absent.
The competition was highly contested and intellectually engaging.
The emergence of GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo as 1st Runner-Up has been described as a great feat worthy of commendation, as no school from Kogi State has ever advanced to round three of the competition in the past.
The achievement has projected Kogi State positively and brought the school to national recognition.
