16-year-old Oritsemeyiwa Precious Ebule, who scored 334 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), has hinged his performance on “good educational foundation” and attentiveness during class lessons.
Delta State-born Oritsemeyiwa, who spoke with The Nation on the telephone in Warri, explained that teachers tend to pass some information that may not be in their lesson notes or textbooks during classes, hence the need for learners to be attentive during class lessons.
He said: “The secret behind my JAMB score is not only because I read. From my SS 1 to SS 3, I have always had a good educational foundation and I always listen to my teachers when they are teaching, because there are some things that the teachers would say that are not in my book.“
So I pick more information from what they say than what I read. That’s what makes me different from others and why I got a very high score in my JAMB (UTME).” (TheNation)