2024 UTME: AbdulRazaq honors Kwara students who achieved above 300

Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak, the governor of Kwara State, has congratulated the 31 students in the state for their outstanding performance in the most recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

31 state students are said to have received over 300 in the most recent UTME.

Rafiu Ajakaye, the governor’s chief press secretary, said in a statement on Saturday that the governor was pleased to hear that students from all of the state’s public and private institutions had achieved excellent scores in the recently concluded UTME.

Master Samuel Olanrewaju Oluwasemilore of Government Secondary School, Omu Aran, received a particularly touching exam score of 358.

“Governor AbdulRazaq also congratulates the Great 30 (students) from Kwara-based Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, who got between 355 and 300 marks in the exam — and similar high-performers from other schools in the state.

“We are proud of achievements like this; they serve as shining examples for younger ones to work harder, be at their best in their studies, and make their parents and community proud,” the Governor says.

“We are also excited that these are not isolated successes in our education sector, coming only a few weeks after Kwara State represented Nigeria on the global stage at the World School Debate in Singapore, among other feats.”

He said that in order to enhance learning outcomes in the state, statewide coverage for the tech-based learning initiative has been granted.

“I assure the good people of this state that we will continue to beat our own record in this critical sector. Our KwaraLEARN programme is yielding impressive results already, and the state executive council has recently approved statewide coverage for the tech-based learning programme.

“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 the sector”, the statement said.

Following the announcement of the recently completed UTME results, the Catholic secondary school Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Model College, located in Ilorin, revealed that thirty of its pupils had scored between 300 and 355 out of the more than 8,000 students who had accomplished this accomplishment across the country.

Additionally, Olukayode Olusola, a student at Government Secondary School in the Omu Aran region of the state, received 362 points for the exam.