An indigene of Rivers State, Ike Holy, has won the British Council’s Cambridge Learners Award for 2020.
Master Holy, a student of Showers Christian School, Port Harcourt, was said to have scored 94 percent in Combined Science (O level) in the Cambridge International Examinations in November 2019.
His performance is said to be the best result in three sessions in the subject.
This achievement also makes him the second person, since 2017, from Showers Schools to win such recognition in the Cambridge examinations.
The proprietress of the school, Mrs Ekama Akpan, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt at the weekend, said the Learners Award acknowledges exceptional Nigeria-based learners’ achievements in Cambridge examinations taken by students around the world through the British Council.
She said the primary purpose of the award was to celebrate and to recognise the success of high-performing Cambridge learners and the Partner-Schools that have exemplified Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and Child Protection policies.
Akpan commended a Port Harcourt base multi national oil company, the parents, and staff of the school for their believe in the school management to train and graduate students in a sustainable manner devoid of examination malpractice.
She said the grades were made possible at Showers schools through the discipline exacted on the students to work hard, with zero tolerance to examination malpractice.
“We ensure every grade scored is defensible anywhere in the world.
“That is why our graduates continue to earn their laurels in the top Universities in Europe, North America and Australia, among others.
“Showers also cares about the total child in terms of character development and ability to face the world after classroom work.
“There is also a continuing follow up on the progress of the students, even after their graduation from the University,” she said.
She said that the student’s entry performance to the school was below average, adding that with the schedule of teaching in place, he made a great improvement to warrant the success seen.
“Students are taught to use analytical reasoning in application to their subject-study.
“With the strict regimented syllabus compulsory cover where all the subjects syllabuses must be completed by SS2 to make enough room for revision.
“His performance was, therefore, not a surprise as he, and many others before him, had imbibed the advance reading system in all their subjects before the final examinations,” she stated.
She said that the Cambridge Examination was their first and only trial, outside the Nigerian Curriculum for Ike and that his results were consistent with the performance of many alumni of Showers Schools in the Cambridge international examinations.
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