UTME: ‘From struggle to victory’, man shares success of village students who scored 200+
Alex Onyia, the Chief Executive Officer of Educare, an education technology platform, has narrated how his platform made some students score 200 and above in the just-concluded 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Onyia, who tweets on X.com with the username @winexviv, wrote late Tuesday that his “investment” has yielded fruits after “none of the students scored below 200 in their JAMB,” adding that a few of the students even surpassed the 300 mark.
He also recalled how his cousin who scored 187 in the 2023 UTME boosted his/her results to 243 this year.
He wrote, “The investment has truly paid off, and for this, I am immensely grateful. Praising Jesus Christ for the remarkable outcomes, I’m thrilled to report that from the results collated so far, none of the students scored below 200 in their JAMB.
“Many achieved scores over 250, with a few surpassing 300. It’s particularly heartening to see my younger cousin, who previously scored 187 in last year’s JAMB, elevate to a score of 243 this time around.
“Moving forward, we plan to harness this success by having these students mentor the upcoming batch, passing on their knowledge and strategies to the new group of learners.”
PUNCH Online had earlier reported that 77 per cent of candidates scored below 200 in the 2024 UTME.
As observed by PUNCH Online, in an earlier tweet dated October 2, 2023, Onyia tweeted that the 2022 UTME results of his “village youngsters” was a “disaster,” noting that more than 70 per cent of the candidates failed the examination.
With a commitment to changing the narrative, the students got engaged in an “intensive morning and evening drilling” to better their UTME results in the coming year (2024).
“Last JAMB (UTME) was a disaster for my village youngsters. Over 70% of them failed JAMB (the UTME) and the rest sparely passed. Rather than waiting for the government, we decided to take a different approach.
“We took the challenge upon ourselves for it not to repeat itself again,” he stated.
The Educare CEO noted that the learners also took the Computer-Based Test “once monthly with a large pool of 16 years past questions across different subjects.”
He decried the low level at which some of the students were familiar with the computer system while wondering how they (the students) would succeed in the examination.
“In the CBT, we track their performances on different topics and lay more emphasis on their weaknesses across different subject topics. One common thing we noticed is that many of the youngsters are alien to computers and can’t even use a mouse or keyboard.
“How were they planning to succeed in JAMB (the UTME) when they could have probably been using a computer for the first time on JAMB (UTME) day?” he queried.
Onyia stated that scholarship opportunities would be available to those who scored 300 and above, while the examination fees for all students would be catered for.
The tweet read, “It’s an eye opener and our mission is for all of them to score above 250. We will be paying for all their JAMB (UTME) exam fees and are also offering full scholarships to everyone that scores 300 and above.”
