The OCI Foundation is pleased to announce that Master Paschal NWAFOR, one of the beneficiaries of its Anambra statewide quiz, has scored 314 (out of 400) in the 2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Exam, finishing in the top 0.4% of the 1,842,464 candidates who took the exam in 2024 across Nigeria.
Master Nwafor’s third-place finish in the inaugural (2021/2022) Edition of the OCI Foundation’s Anambra ArOY Health Campaign Schools Challenge (a.k.a. Anambra AHCSC) is a clear indication of the positive impact of this statewide quiz competition.
The AHCSC, which promotes the Foundation’s Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Anti-cancer Health Campaign, is set to become an annual national event once the OCI Foundation-inspired anti-cancer legislative bill is signed into law by the Nigerian President, a promising future for our health initiatives.
Mr Nwafor, who attended secondary school at St. Jude’s Secondary School Ihiala, Anambra State, hopes to study Medicine and Surgery at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. He will automatically benefit from one of the OCI Foundation’s undergraduate scholarships in 2025. This scholarship will be available to him throughout his university program, provided he is never found wanting in academics or character.
Beneficiaries of the OCI Foundation’s 2024 JAMB Award also excelled. The “JAMB Award” is one of the OCI Foundation’s six annual scholarship programs. Its beneficiaries receive the full cover of their registration fees for the JAMB exam registration, as well as fees for 2-month tutorial (exam preparatory) lessons.
In 2024, NINETEEN people received the OCI Foundation’s JAMB Awards. Nine of those 19 results have been received so far, out of which SEVEN made scores of at least 200 and are in the top 24% of young Nigerians who sat for the exam in 2024. The scores include 277, 266, 243, 230, 229, 228, and 200. The JAMB Awards started in 2019 and has remained an annual event since then.
The OCI Foundation is impressed with the above statistics, as all of these candidates attended non-elite schools, and most might never have progressed with their educational pursuits without the Foundation’s financial support.
Some of the 2024 JAMB Award Recipients . . . .
