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A pupil of a nationalist secondary school, Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Olukayode Victor Olusola, scored 362 marks successful this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to beryllium among the contenders for the highest scorers successful the examination.
Though the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Isaq Oloyede, had said the Board would not denote the highest scorer to debar past year’s acquisition of confusing claims, Olukayode’s people is celebratory, arsenic it is among the highest successful caller years.
He scored 95 marks each successful Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and 77 successful English Language.
His exploit is coming against the backdrop of the mediocre show of candidates successful the exam successful which 1.4 cardinal scored little than 200 marks retired of 400. The exam was taken by implicit 1.8 cardinal candidates
Also, Olukayode’s fantabulous show is coming astatine a clip erstwhile assurance is greatly eroding successful what nationalist schools person to connection and immoderate backstage schools are boasting of being the astir costly successful the country.
Olukayode was calved successful 2009 and hopes to survey Electrical Electronic astatine the University of Ilorin, Kwara State.
His mother, Beatrice Tosin, portion giving each the grant to God, besides praised the studious and hard moving quality of her child.
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