TAICO AWARDS

2001/2002 Session

• 1st Prize in the Senior Choral Competition held at the MUSON Centre, Lagos.

2004/2005 Session

• Sunday Abolarin (SS3) and Oluyinka Ige (SS3) participated in the 2004 National JETS Mathematics and Science Competition. Sunday was placed 1st and Oluyinka 5th. Sunday went on to represent Kwara State and his brilliant performance (1st Place) in the 2005 Kwara State JETS Quiz and Projects Competition qualified him to represent the State in the National Competition in Akure, Ondo State

• Boluwatife Ade Dosumu (SS3) and Sunday Abolarin (SS3) were winners for Kwara State of the 2004/2005 NAFDAC Consumer Safety Club Secondary Schools Essay Competition. They went to Abuja for the Award Ceremony.

• Uanhoro James (JSS3) came 1st in the Cowbell Mathematics’s Competition held at State level. He went on to represent the College at National level in Abuja where he was placed 5th out of the 36 States with 94%. Winning a total of N20,000.00

• Temitayo Ajiboye (JSS3) was placed 5th in the Peak Mother of the Year Essay Competition winning a Bursary of N10,000.00

• The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has named Thomas Adewumi International College to “be amongst the seven most elite schools in the country” in the PUNCH Newspaper of Friday, 4th February 2005.

2005/2006 Session

• Last session’s JSS3 pupils gained an overall 98.75% pass rate in their JSS3 National Examinations, without any examination malpractice!

• Last session’s SS3 pupils gained an overall 97.4% pass rate with 88.6% pass at Grades A - C in the WAEC Examinations, again without examination malpractice.

• Last session’s SS3 pupils gained an overall 97.4% pass rate with 87.8% pass at Grades A-C in the NECO Examinations, without examination malpractice!

• Julius ADEBAYO (SS3) flew to Jakarta, Indonesia to represent the College and Kwara State in the World Finals of the Science Olympiad. He won Bronze Medal and gained the best marks out of the whole of Africa.

• JuliusAdebayo(SS3) won the Zonal Finals of the NNPC National Quiz in Nassarawa State, competing against Benue, Niger, Nassarawa, Kogi, Plateau States and FCT Abuja.

• Julius Adebayo came second overall in the NNPC Science Quiz Final held at Abuja.

• Ugochukwu EZIKE (SS3) won 3rd Prize (and N10,000.00) out of 56 entries in the 7th Professor J P Clark Essay Competition, organized by the Solidra Circle, Lagos, for his essay ‘CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA – THE WAY OUT’.

• Ilaya ONIKO (Class of 2004) gained a Scholarship to study Electrical Engineering at the Eastern Mediterranean University, USA. Ilaya gained the highest score (1330/1800) in English, Mathematics and Quantitative Analysis

• Victoria AKANYA (Class of 2005) who has been accepted on a Foundation Course to read Medicine at Abbey College, Cambridge, UK

• Tolulope Babade has been nominated to be part of the Nigerian Contingent in the IEARN International Conference and Youth Summit in the Netherlands in July 2006.

• Julius Adebayo won Gold Medal at the State Final of the Physics/Biology Olympiad

• Julius Adebayo won the Silver Medal at the National Finals of the Physics/Biology Olympiad held at Abuja.

• Adefere Toyosi and Ajibola Opeyemi won the Bronze Medal at the National Finals of the Biology Olympiad held at Abuja.

• Medals for Outstanding Performance at the Citizenship & Leadership Training Centre, Lagos by SS 2 Pupils.

• Oyeyipo Yetunde and Afolayan Adedamola came 2nd in the French Competition and Quiz held at Ilorin during Francophonie Day 2006.

• Gold Medal in Songs and Poems rendition by Babatunde Oluwatobi, Martins Adeola, Okunola Wura, Malade Folashade, Fawole Tolulope and Malomo Eyitayo during the Francophonie Day 2006 at Ilorin.

2006/2007

• Winner of the 2007 'BEST POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL AWARD' (NANS)
• James Uanhoro came 1st in Kwara State STAN Competition
• Dolapo Ademokoya and Salaudeen Zainab were elected President and Secretary General of the Nigeria Model United Nations Conference for 2007 out of 2,000 pupils.
• James Uanhoro came 1st in NNPC State Final
• Hassan Amirah (JSS 3) came 3rd in the NAFDAC Junior Category.
• The College was named in 2007 by the Mathematical Association of Nigeria as the best school in Kwara State in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics

2007/2008

• In 2008 James Uanhoro (SS3) represented Nigeria in the World Finals of the Science Olympiad in Taiwan winning the BRONZE Medal and again gaining the best marks out of the whole of Africa.
• 1st in Kwara State in the NYSC HIV/AIDS DRUG FREE QUIZ
• Winner of the 2008 'BEST COLLEGE in NIGERIA AWARD' for 'EFFECTIVENESS IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT' (NANS)
• National Quality and Most Admired Secondary School Award by QUALITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, LAGOS
• 1st and 5th places at the National Mathematics Quiz.
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places at the Battle of Brains Competition at the state level.
• 1st and 6th places in the Awokoya Quiz organized by the Chemical Society of Nigeria at the state level.

2008/2009

• In December 2008 Habibah JIWO represented Nigeria in the World Science Olympiad in South Korea, winning the BRONZE Medal.
• Awarded the 2008 WASU 'Golden Achievement Award for Excellence' in Ghana. The First Anglophone School to win this Award in West Africa.
• In July 2009 Adeyemi ADEOLU and Oluwaseun OYEWOLE won the Best in Microsoft Word 2003 and Best in Microsoft Excel 2003 in Nigeria. They will represent Nigeria in Toronto, Canada in the World Finals of the Microsoft Office Specialist Examination.
• 5th Nationally in the Space Science Quiz Competition organized by Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
• In December 2009 Oribim TEKENA-LAWSON will represent Nigeria in the World Science Olympiad to be held in Azerbaijan.

2009/2010 SESSION

• TAICO won second place in the Rocket Competition organized by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in Abuja.
• The College Choir came FIRST in the Musical Concert 2009 Competition held in Offa on the 24th October 2009.