2026 InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition

InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition 8.0 for secondary school students in Nigeria is now on. InterswitchSPAK is the biggest Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competition in Nigeria. This competition is built for young innovators.

• Table of Content
• About Interswitch Group Business
• Interswitch Group Business Contest
• Aim and Benefits of Interswitch Group Business Contest
• Requirements for Interswitch Group Business Contest Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Interswitch Group Business Contest
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Interswitch Group Business Contest

Aim and Benefits of Interswitch Group Business Contest

First Prize

• Winner will get a five (5) year University Scholarship and Annual stipend worth N15,000,000 (Fifteen million Naira). Brand New Laptop. Bragging right of being the best Science student in Nigeria

Second Prize

• The second prize winner will get a five (5) year University Scholarship and Annual stipend worth N10,000,000 (Ten million Naira). Brand New Laptop.

Third Prize

• The third prize will get a five (5) year University Scholarship worth N5,000,000 (Five million Naira) + Brand New Laptop.

Plus Brand-new laptops and other exciting prizes for the top 9 finalists. 

Exciting cash rewards for teachers of top 9 finalists.

Requirements for Interswitch Group Business Contest Qualification

• This competition is only open to Year 11 (SS2) students aged 14-17

Interview date, Process and Venue for Interswitch Group Business Contest

• Registration of your students is open till 11:59pm, Friday, 22nd May 2026 and it is FREE.
• Schools are now allowed to register up to Twenty (20) SS2 Science Students each
• You don’t need to travel to write the qualifying examination. The Examination is fully online and can be written in your school, home or any convenient space.
• Online CBT exams will be held from Tuesday, 9th to 16th June 2026, from 8am to 5pm daily. You have the chance to choose the day and time that best suits you to write the examination, and you have two (2) trials.

Mixed schools are required to register at least two (2) female students among the twenty (20) students registered.

Check also:
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Application Deadline

How to Apply

To participate, register Here

The competition introduces a two-way registration system

• Individual Registration: Parents/Guardians may register their children/students directly on the platform. This option is designed for home-schooled students or those whose schools may not be participating in the competition.
• School Registration: Each schools is required to register a minimum of six (6) and a maximum of twenty (20) SS2 science students.

To enhance your chances of qualifying for the second round of the competition, each School is required to present their BEST ten (20) science students in (SS2 students), irrespective of religion, tribe or state of origin.

Mixed-schools are required to have at least two female students-amongst the 20 that would represent them.

The first Part: All the registered candidates on the platform based on the time and date specified by the organizer, are expected to participate in this round of the competition.

The second part: After the first round examination, all students who score 75% and above will proceed to the second stage of the online qualifying examination. The best 81 students from this stage will then proceed to the Stage Two (TV Quiz show) of the competition.

a. The examination will happen within 5days (8hours per day). Students can choose any day and time within the five (5) days allocated for the examination.

b. Each student on the platform will have a 5 minute demo session to get acquainted with the platform before taking the test.

c. All registered students will have 2 chances of writing the CBT and the system will pick the better of the two scores.

For more details, visit InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition webpage