Akwa Ibom: Master Emmanuel Zekhome emerges 2024 Topfaith scholar with N1.5m cash award
Master Emmanuel Zekhome of Topfaith Secondary School in Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State has won the school’s top scholar of the year award.
Chairman of Topfaith Schools, Dr Emmanuel Abraham disclosed this on Tuesday in Uyo, when he briefed the press.
He said that, Master Zekhome stella performance in this year’s Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations ( SSCE) examination won him a cash prize of N1.5m from the school management.
Speaking further, Dr Abraham said the prize for scholar of the year was instituted to encourage students for high academic excellence noting that, the excellent performance of his students in this year’s WAEC examinations was not a miracle but painstaking and intentional approach by teachers , parents and the students combined to enhance brilliant performance.
He said other scholars from the school have already grabbed the cash prize in the past years as the school management would continue to motivate scholars for more academic excellence .
“Out of 193 candidates presented by the school in 2024 Senior Secondary School Examinations (SSCE) , the first 40 students scored higher grades while 3 students from the 40 candidates scored 8 ‘A’ s each from 9 subjects offered for the examinations”.
He said the second set of 9 students scored 7’A’s and the third set had 6 ‘A’ s parallel while others scored 5 ‘A’s which is eligible for university admission.
“Our philosophy is that, we are always aspiring to be on top because our faith is top. This is why we are called “TOPFAITH”. With that alone, we are poised to continousely go up.
“The SSCE for this year is much higher in performance than last year. The breakdown shows the first 40 students by our assessment did well.
“Out of this number, the first three students scored 8 ‘A’s each and one “B” because our students offered 9 subjects each in the examinations. So, within the 9 subject areas, three of them scored ‘A’ s parallel and one “B” each . Following behind is another set of 12 students scoring 6 “A”s parallel and three “B”s and between 5 and “4”s are the rest of the students we presented for the exams.
“We actually presented 193 candidates for 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations ( SSCE) . The students were intentionally groomed to achieve this scores.
“This intention will gain momentum because from the media , I read that the University of Calabar in this year is using grade point to screen JAMB candidates for admission . This means that by the time you have 9 or 8 ‘A’s it is something to remember that such student carried an aggregate points of 10 in nine subjects, we will have 5 as aggregates.
Abraham said, nobody would compete with the products of the school for this year’s university admission .
“Then nobody would compete with our products for this university admission exercise. This is the beauty of this kind of performance shown by our students. We thank God that our intentional approach in grooming the students to achieve this excellence have been blessed by God, activated by our students and moderated by our teachers, he added.
