Ogunfolaji, Anyanwu and Fasola |
Ogun State-born Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji
leads the pack in this year’s West African Examinations Council
Academic Excellence Awards.
Nineteen-year-old Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji
has emerged the best scholar in the 2013 May/June West African Senior
School Certificate Examination.
The leadership of the West African
Examinations Council honoured the lad alongside two females on Thursday
in Minna, Niger State. The females are Ifeoluwapo Fasola and Maureen
Anyanwu, both of who are natives of Oyo and Imo states, respectively.
For posting outstanding results, the trio
received the WAEC’s prestigious National Distinction and Merit Awards.
They scored A1 in all their subjects.
However, Ogunfolaji is considered the
overall best candidate having scored a total grade of 666.6525 in eight
subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.
By the feat, the lad becomes the current
holder of the esteemed award instituted by the council in 1984 to
encourage academic excellence.
Ogunfolaji, who attended the Sacred Heart
Catholic College, Abeokuta, Ogun State between 2007 and 2013, with
examination number 4280232/098, also obtained A1 in Physics, Chemistry,
Biology, Agricultural Science, Geography and Yoruba Language.
Born on October 26, 1995 to Mr./Mrs. SP
Ogunfolaji, the award winner attended St. Bernadette Nursery and
Primary, Onikolobo, Abeokuta South Local Government Area, Ogun State
between 1998 and 2006.
The lad, whose feat has placed the Sacred
Heart Catholic College on the WAEC Excellence honours’ list, was the
best pupil in his fifth and sixth grade in the school.
Following his success also, the college
becomes the winner of the Omo N’oba Erediauwa Coronation Trophy for
producing the best male candidate in the May/June 2013 WASSCE.
Other laurels, awards and prizes in his
kitty include the 2010 overall best in Junior Secondary School
Certificate Examination (obtaining nine As and four Cs), best in JSSCE
(NECO) in 2010 (10As and 2Cs), and the 2011 champion in African Gifted
Foundation Award in Mathematics.
Ogunfolaji, who represented the South
West Zone in Uganda for the outstanding achievement in African Gifted
Foundation Mathematics contest in 2012, also participated in the 2013
Robotics Academy competition.
He also clinched the third best position
in the Shell Science Award in 2013 as well as the best Yoruba Student
Award in WASSCE. The Yoruba Education Resource Centre, Lagos, organised
the award.
The youngster is at present studying
Medicine and Surgery at the nation’s premier university, the University
of Ibadan, Oyo State.
On the second position in the award is
17-year-old Ibadan, Oyo State-born Fasola. The lass, who had her
secondary education at the International School, University of Ibadan,
between 2007 and 2013, had a total score of 664.0075. Her WASSCE
registration number was 4310824/089.
She obtained A1 in English Language,
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science, French
and the Yoruba Language.
Her success enabled her school to become
the holder of the Omo N’oba Erediauwa Coronation Trophy for producing
the best female candidate in the May/June 2013 WASSCE.
Born on July 8, 1997, Fasola, who
attended the Junior International School, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan between
1998 and 2007, won many awards, including the Prof. Olufemi Bamiro and
Prof. Ayodele Falase Awards, which earned her scholarship throughout her
senior secondary school education.
Fasola, who represented the International
School at various competitions, was its second best graduating pupil in
the 2006/2007 academic session.
Like Ogunfolaji, Fasola is currently studying Medicine and Surgery at UI.
On the WAEC’s National Distinction and
Merit Awards third position is Miss Anyanwu, who attended the Loyola
Jesuit College, Abuja.
The Mbaise, Imo State-born lass with a cumulative score of 656.5480 also posted an excellent result in all her eight subjects.
Anyanwu, who sat for the examination with
registration number 4020617/017, obtained A1 in English Language,
Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
Agricultural Science and Geography.
Born on April 23, 1996 to Dr/Mrs.
Emmanuel Anyanwu, the youngster who attended the Montessori
International School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, between 1998 and 2006
is also no stranger to academic success.
The 18-year-old not only emerged the overall best in her primary school, she also secured admission on merit to the LJC in 2007.
Anyanwu, who throughout her stay at LJC
was on the honours and merit rolls for academic accomplishments, scored
12 distinctions and one credit in the Junior Secondary School
Certificate Examination in 2010.
In her set at LJC, she also won the best graduating pupil award in Agricultural Science and Chemistry.
Due to her academic feat, she was
appointed the Academy Probation Prefect, a position that empowered her
to assist and tutor other pupils on academic probation at the LJC.
Anyanwu, currently studying Chemical
Engineering with focus on Clinical Research at the Cooper Union for the
Advancement of Science and Arts, New York, United States, is on full
scholarship valued at $160, 000. She passed Scholastic Aptitude Test
with a score of 2380 out of 2400 in both Mathematics levels I and II.
Besides, the lad is good in sports, winning gold, silver and bronze in tracks and field events.
To be considered for the 30-year-old
distinction award, a candidate must obtain Grade 1 in at least seven
subjects, including English Language, Mathematics, one of Physics,
Chemistry and Biology, and one subject from any of the three
sub-categories of core subjects.
In addition, the candidate must obtain a
minimum of Grade 6 in at least one subject from each of the core subject
sub-categories.
Candidates are considered under the merit
awards only if enough participants do not qualify for the distinction
awards. The eligibility criteria for the merit awards are the same as
those of distinction awards, except that a candidate must obtain a grade
not lower than 2 in English Language.
The results of candidates eligible for an
award should have been obtained at the first attempt and at the same
sitting. The grades would also have been obtained without any hint of
impropriety.
The first National Distinction/Merit
awards were presented in Abeokuta, Ogun State in 1985 to the winners in
the Nov/Dec. 1984 SC/GCE, with Abdulkadir Sarki-Abba, a pupil of
Government Science School, Dawakin-Tofa, Kano State receiving the
excellence award.
Since the first presentation, findings by
our correspondent showed that pupils from Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos,
have won the prestigious award 10 times. By this accomplishment, the
school has become the highest-winning institution as well as the highest
recipient of the Oba Erediauwa trophy for presenting the best female
candidates.
Suleja Academy, Suleja is the second
highest-winning institution, picking the prize four times in 1992, 1994,
1997 and 2009, while the International School, Ibadan, Oyo State has
won it three times in 1987, 2000 and 2004.
Meanwhile, Queen’s College, Yaba has also
won the Council’s Augustus Oyediran prize six times, while Loyola
Jesuit College, Wuse, Abuja has won it five times in 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005 and 2008.
Suleja Academy, Niger State has won it four times in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1997.
The Oyediran trophy is given to the
school that has the best aggregate determined on the results of its best
50 candidates in English Language, Mathematics and one science subject.
In a related development, Nigerian
Turkish International College, Kaduna took home the Oyediran trophy for
producing the best overall results in the May/ June 2013 WASSCE.
The Council on Thursday also honoured the
New Era College, Mokwa, Niger State as the winner of the WAEC Endowment
Fund Prize Book for producing the best aggregate results in the
May/June 2013 WASSCE in the state.
While the PHCN Staff Secondary School,
Jebba, Niger State won the second position, El-Amin International
School, Minna took the third position.
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