Fourty- eight out 88 participating schools have been eliminated at the preliminary stages of the 2025 edition of the tax club quiz competition being organised by the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development.
The preliminary rounds which commenced virtually on 23rd June, 2025, was concluded on Friday 27th June, 2025 leaving 40 successful schools to advance to the semi-final stage.
This followed a coordinated mock test organised by KW-IRS for all registered schools to enable the students familiarise themselves with the online computer-based test (CBT) format from the convenience of their respective schools.
A total of 99 schools from across the state have registered for the competition, while 88 are eventually participating in the online CBT preliminary stage. After the first round, 40 schools advanced to the second round.
At the end of the two preliminary rounds, 12 schools qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition.
The qualified schools, 4 from each senatorial district, are Osi Central Secondary School, Osi; Ansar Ud Deen College, Offa; Government Secondary School, Share; and Ansarul Islam Grammar School, and Ijomu Oro from Kwara South; Deeper Life High School, Ilorin; and Saint Anthony’s Secondary School, Ilorin.
The others are Ebenezer High School, Ilorin and Roemichs International School, Ilorin from Kwara Central; Shepherd School, Lafiagi; Government Secondary School Ilesha Baruba; Government Secondary School, Lafiagi; and Unique College, Kaiama from Kwara North.
The semi-final stage is scheduled to hold virtually on 6th October, 2025, after which six schools will proceed to the grand finale, which will hold physically in Ilorin on 6th November, 2025. The winning schools will compete for the grand prize of N2.5 million.