The Abia state Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has
congratulated students and teachers in the state over the ranking of the state
as the number one state in the May/June 2015 West African School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE) result as released by the West African Examination
Council.
The Chief Press Secretary, Enyinnaya Appolos, said in a
press statement available to ITRealms in recognition of the excellent performance of the schools and students in
the state's school system, said Ikpeazu has approved the award of tertiary
education scholarship to the best students from each of the 17 local government
areas of the state in any Nigerian tertiary institution.
Governor Ikpeazu has directed the Commissioner for
Education, Professor Ikechi Mgboji, to forward to him the list of the best
student from each LGA of the state in the 2015 WASSCE examination results to
enable him.
The Governor also directed that, going forward, the best
performing student in WASCE from each of the 17 LGAs will receive automatic
tertiary education scholarship from the state government.
It will be recalled that West African Examination Council
(WAEC) recently released details of the performance of students by state and
Abia State came first as the best performing state, while 35 other states and
Abuja queued behind.
Abia State has consistently maintained top position in the
WASSCE performance chart in the past five years.
In results released for 2014 and 2013 Abia came second
behind Anambra State but has now overtaken Anambra state as the overall best
and 1st in the WASSCE performance chart for 2015 examinations. The State topped
the chart with 33, 762 of its 52, 801 candidates, scoring 63.94 per cent.
The Governor is challenging the Commissioner, teachers and
students in the state to ensure that the state maintains this top position,
promising that he will do everything possible to ensure much more improved students and teachers
welfare that will enhance the performance of Abia students in future
examinations.
Recall that Governor Ikpeazu recently donated 3 cars to the
best primary teachers from each senatorial zone of the state.
Ikpeazu who was a University teacher prior to his emergence
as Governor is also appealing to private individuals and organizations to
support his "adopt a school" program and help his administration fast
track infrastructural renewal in Abia Schools.
He is also committed to ensuring that the recently launched
school feeding program, which the Abia State Government is doing in partnership
with farmers in the state, is sustained.
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