Ugboaja Chizobam Stephany, a
16-year-old Nigerian girl, has emerged the youngest best candidate ever recorded
by the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
The Imo-born teenager graduated
from the Jesuit Memorial College in Port Harcourt and was among the candidates
who sat for the just-concluded Senior Schools Certificate Examination (SSCE).
Stephany enrolled for Further
Mathematics, General Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Physics,
Chemistry, Civic Education, Economics and Data Processing and emerged with
distinctions across all nine subjects.
The teenage girl, who hails from
Ezinihitte in Mbaise LGA of the southeastern state, would be joining a list of
the candidates the regional examination body has ever recorded as the youngest.
WAEC released the results of
candidates who participated in its 2019 May/June West African Senior Secondary
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on July 26, 2019.
A total of 1,596161 candidates
registered for the examination from 18,639 recognized secondary schools in
Nigeria and 1,020,519 of them obtained credits and above in a minimum of five
subjects including English and Mathematics.
The exam council released the
results of 1,468,071 candidates while
122,102 others had a few of their subjects still being processed as at the time
of the release of results.
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