JAMB 2024: Gov AbdulRasaq Reacts as Public School Student Scores 354 in UTME

JAMB 2024: Gov AbdulRasaq Reacts as Public School Student Scores 354 in UTME

  • Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated and celebrated the 2024 UTME candidate, Samuel Oluwasemilore, who scored 358 in Kwara state
  • The governor celebrated Oluwasemilore, a public school student, alongside 30 other catholic school students who scored between 300 and 355
  • AbdulRazaq said the successes of the students were a cumulative effort of his administration's "KwaraLEARN" while promising more funds for the education sector

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara state, has celebrated the report of the students of public and private schools in the state over their performance in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The governor celebrated Samuel Oluwasemilore, a student of the Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, who scored 358 in the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exams.

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated and celebrated the UTME candidate who scored 358 and 30 others who scored between 300 and 355.
Governor AbdulRazaq congratulated Kwara UTME candidates with high cores" Photo Credit: @NGFSecretariat
Source: Twitter

Governor AbdulRazaq also celebrated and congratulated 30 students of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, a Catholic school, who scored between 300 and 355 in the just-concluded examination.

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In a tweet on Saturday, May 4, the governor celebrated the pupils and others who performed well in the state's UTME.

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Governor AbdulRazaq promises to fund education

He then vowed that his administration would continue to beat the records in the education sector while tracing the success of the pupil to his government's "KwaraLEARN". He promised that his government would soon launch the Education Trust Funds for the availability of resources and to strengthen accountability.

The governor said the success stories were not isolated in the state's education sector. He added that it happened a few days after the state represented the country at the global stage of the World School Debate in Singapore.

His statement reads in part:

"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."

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JAMB asks candidates to correct data with NIMC

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that JAMB had urged UTME and DE candidates with discrepancies in their O'level results to ensure that they make appropriate corrections before registering for their exams.

The examination board maintained that affected candidates should either make the correction on the NIMC portal or visit WAEC.

JAMB made this known while responding to candidates' queries about the exams on social media.

Source: Legit.ng

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