Anambra State Government has awarded scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh of Anambra State, who came tops in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME.
Announcing the award, Governor Chukwuma Soludo who spoke through the Commissioner for Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, expressed satisfaction that the efforts of the present administration at repositioning the education sector is yielding the desired dividend.
ANN reports that Nkechinyere Umeh who was earlier declared the best by JAMB, having scored a cumulative mark of three hundred and sixty in the 2023 UTME, has been offered scholarship by the State Government to study any course of her choice at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
According to the Commissioner, in a statement issued to newsmen, the beneficiary, Miss Umeh, who has an aggregate score of 360 in the 2023 UTME, has been offered the opportunity to study any course of her choice at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, which is the State Government-owned University.
She further described the student’s performance as a testament that efforts by Soludo’s administration to reposition the education sector are yielding the desired dividend; while also adding that the government will continue to transform and invest more in the state’s educational system.
She said, “Nkechinyere Umeh has been declared the best by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, having scored a cumulative mark of 360 in the 2023 UTME
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“This is a testament that efforts by Gov. Chukwuma Soludo’s administration to reposition the education sector are yielding the desired dividend.
“This scholarship will encourage and motivate her to do more in future and also serve as an example to other students in the state.”
