3 New Things to Know About Kamsiyochukwu Umeh Who Scored Highest in JAMB and Got Scholarship

3 New Things to Know About Kamsiyochukwu Umeh Who Scored Highest in JAMB and Got Scholarship

Kamsiyochukwu Umeh is a 16-year-old student of Deeper Life High School who emerged as the best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) with a 360 score.

Before she became popular, there was one Mmesoma Ejikeme who claimed to have scored 362 only to be exposed by JAMB.

JAMB spent a lot of hours proving that the result presented by the lady was false.

Things about the student with highest score in JAMB
The student opens up that she wants to become Chemical Engineer. Photo credit: UGC
Source: UGC

After her confession, many was able to agree that it was indeed a doctored work by the young student whose actual score is 249.

Here are three things to know about her:

01. She is from Anambra State

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She is from Anambra State and has also received a scholarship from Governor Chukwuma Soludo to study at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University.

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02. Future Engineer

In her interview with AriseTV, she said she is interested in studying Chemical Engineering and hopes to become an Engineer in the future. She also chose University of Lagos as most preferred institution.

03. Personal drive and divine help

She attributed her success to God, hard work, discipline and the support of her parents and teachers. She also revealed that it was her first time taking the UTME.

Meet Kamsiyochukwu Umeh, the girl with highest JAMB score of 360

In a related story, Legit.ng earlier reported that Kamsiyochukwu Umeh, the girl with the highest aggregate JAMB score for the 2023 exam, has said she prepared well beforehand.

Kamsiyochukwu, a student of Deeper Life High School, Mowe, scored 360 to emerge tops in the nationwide examination.

In an interview with the Punch Newspapers, Kamsiyochukwu said the discipline and spirit of hard work instilled in her school is one of her secrets.

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UTME top scorer, Kamsiyochukwu Umeh, opens up in viral video

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the best UTME candidate for 2023, Kamsiyochuwkwu Umeh, was interviewed on Arise TV, where she revealed the secrets to her resounding academic success.

Umeh was named the highest-scoring candidate by the examination body. She scored 360 in aggregates, sweeping Mathematics with 99.

Since her academic prowess became public knowledge, many Nigerians on different platforms have continued to celebrate her.

Source: Legit.ng

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Basit Jamiu (Editor) Basit Jamiu is a journalist with more than five years of experience. He is a current affairs and politics editor at Legit.ng. He holds a bachelor's degree from Ekiti State University (2018). Basit previously worked as a staff writer at Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor at Prime Progress (2022), and Staff Writer at The Movee (2018). He is a 2024 Open Climate Fellow (West Africa), 2023 MTN Media Fellow, OCRP Fellow at ICIR, and Accountability Fellow at CJID. Email: basit.jamiu@corp.legit.ng.