The North Monastery has won the best project and chemistry award at SciFest 2016 competition, held in the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). SciFest is a science initiative which fosters inquiry-based learning among second level students. The 2016 event in CIT showcased 140 projects from 300 secondary school students, ranging from 1st year to 5th year, from 26 schools across Cork city and county. The winning project was entitled “A Remote Smoke Alarm System” and the students that did the school so proud were Elvis Nzekwe, Harold Ibarlin and Filip Gajd.
