The third season of the Guyana Learning Channel’s Whiz Kids wrapped up yesterday afternoon with Oshen Sooknanan from the Qayyim Academy in Region Three emerging as the 2024 champion.
The finals which were held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre saw Oshen, Regan Beckles from the Friendship Primary School and Rachel Sawh from the Montrose Primary School competing for the title, a release from the Ministry of Education said. The pupils answered an array of questions from four categories, English, Science, Mathematics and Social Studies.
After an intense final round with each pupil racing to provide the correct answer, Oshen emerged the winner with 160 points. In second place was Beckles with 155 points and in third place with 140 points was Sawh.
In brief remarks, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand congratulated the pupils who participated. She also commended the team at the Guyana Learning Channel for the work put into producing Whiz Kids.
The game show features Grade Six students from various primary schools competing against each other by answering questions in four categories (Mathematics, English Language, Science, and Social Studies).
