UN award-winning Nigerian nominated for $100,000 Global Student Prize

<p>Alumona said he was grateful to Chegg for providing a platform that empowered students like him to showcase their dedication to education, innovation, and positive change.</p>, <span>United Nations award-winning Nigerian, Noel Alumona. BBC</span>, <h2>The United Nations award-winning Nigerian, Noel Alumona, has been nominated among 50 finalists to win $100,000 Global Student Prize organised by Chegg and Varkey Foundation.</h2>, <p>Chegg is a company in the United States and it gives the award in collaboration with Varkey Foundation based in the United Kingdom.</p>, <p>Alumona, who is the founder of Boys Champions (BC), told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Enugu that the foundation made the announcement on Wednesday.</p>, <p>NAN however, confirmed the nomination in its website globalteacherprize.org tagged “Meet our top 50 Finalists for the Global Student Prize 2023”.</p>, <p>It stated: "Our finalists this year have made a huge impact in their communities in areas from the environment to equality and justice, from health and well-being to education and skills, and from youth empowerment to ending poverty,”.</p>, <p>Alumona was nominated for the prize for supporting young boys and men on their journey to manhood through mentoring and training towards ending Gender-Based Violence against women in Nigeria communities through BC.</p>, <p>NAN reports that Chegg.org Global Student Prize is a US$100,000 annual award presented to an exceptional student, making a real impact on learning, the lives of their peers and on society beyond .</p>, <p>These students were selected from 3,851 applications across 122 countries and the top 10 finalists of this year’s Global Student Prize are expected to be announced by next month.</p>, <p>Reacting to the nomination, Alumona told NAN that he was in for Chegg’s $100,000 Global Student Prize.</p>, <p>“I am beyond thrilled and deeply honored to be selected as one of the top 50 finalists for the Global Student Prize 2023 by Chegg and Varkey Foundation.</p>, <p>“This recognition means t