Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has lauded the brilliance of students of the state who came out in flying colours in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The Governor hailed the students in a statement on his Facebook and Twitter on Saturday.
He wrote, “I am very glad to receive reports of students from across public and private schools in Kwara State posting impressive results in the recently held Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
“Particularly heartwarming is the result of Master Samuel Olanrewaju Oluwasemilore of Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, who scored 358 in the exam.
“I also congratulate the Great 30 (students) from Kwara-based Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, who got between 355 and 300 marks in the exam — and similar high-performers from other schools in the state. Equally worth mentioning for posterity is the superlative performance of Masters Adeleke Abdulbasit Adekunle of Federal Staff Secondary School (Adewole) who got 363; Olukayode Victor Olusola who scored 362; and Adegoke Oluwatoni Eyitayo who posted 361.
“As a government, we are proud of talk-of-the-town achievements like this; they serve as shining examples for younger ones to work harder, be at their best in their studies, and make their parents and community proud. We commend their parents and their teachers alike for the huge work that resulted in these feats.
“We are also excited that these are not isolated successes in our education sector, coming only a few weeks after Kwara State represented Nigeria on the global stage at World School Debate in Singapore, among other feats.
“I assure the good people of our state that our administration will continue to beat its own record in this critical sector. Our KwaraLEARN programme is yielding impressive results already, and the state executive council has recently approved statewide coverage for the tech-based learning programme.
The next few years will yield awesome learning outcomes, while we are soon launching a first-of-its-kind Kwara State Education Trust Fund to inject more resources and strengthen accountability in our education sector.
