Cursory: The father of Nkechinyere Umeh, the highest scorer in the 2023 UTME, has celebrated his daughter after being offered a scholarship to study at a Prestigious Federal University. He also shared an incident where a government school in Nigeria refused to admit his daughter due to lack of connections
Uzonna Umeh, the father of Nkechinyere Umeh, who achieved the highest score in the 2023 UTME, revealed that a Nigerian government school declined to admit his daughter into Junior Secondary Class 1 because they didn’t know the important people.
Nkechinyere, a 16-year-old student from Anambra State, currently attends Deeper Life High School in Mowe, Ogun State, and comes from a family of four children.
As a result of her outstanding performance in the UTME, Nkechinyere has received attention from the Nigerian Society of Women Engineers and has been offered a scholarship to study at Nnamdi Azikiwe University.
Uzonna Umeh shared this information during an interview with PUNCH, recalling the incident with the government school where they were denied admission while seeking secondary education for their daughter.
He said, “I know my daughter is intelligent. It started when she was in primary school. She was always among the top three. She left primary school in Class Five and did her common entrance and was on merit. We went to a federal school and they said we need to get somebody up there before she would be admitted.
“That was how we took her to Deeper Life High School. Since she joined the school, we never had any regret. Her siblings also took the school’s exams and were admitted. We don’t pay a lot of money in the school, and their fees are moderate, but they treat the kids well and even feed them five times daily. God will bless everybody in that school.
“The first call I received after the result came out was from the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede. He said the Nigerian Society of Women Engineers was asking for my daughter’s data for an award.
“I also saw it in the papers that she was being offered a scholarship to study at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University. But I have not been contacted yet on the details of the scholarship”
Source: Saharareporters
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