Topfaith Schools, Mkpatak, in Essien Udim Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, awarded Master Emmanuel Zekhome a cash prize of ₦1.5m for winning the 2024 best scholar award.
Dr. Emmanuel Abraham, the school’s Chairman, said to reporters in Uyo on Tuesday that the top scholar award was created to promote hard work.
Abraham praised Zekhome’s “brilliant and outstanding” result in the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE). He explained that the award was intended to encourage academic discipline, hard effort, and mental development.
“Other scholars have grabbed the cash prize in the past. As an institution, we shall continue to spur our students to be more focused and hard-working.
“Academic success is never a miracle, it comes out of painstaking and intentional efforts by teachers, parents and the students,” he said.
Abraham said that out of 193 students of the school that sat for the SSCE, 40 students scored higher grades, and that three of them had ‘A’ in eight subjects.
“Nine other students scored ‘A’ in seven subjects. Our philosophy is to always aspire to be on top because our faith is top,” he added.
Abraham urged parents and guardians to be more committed to instilling discipline and a spirit of hard work in their children and wards
“Every success has an input to be made. Every success also has a reward. No success comes without hard work,” he stated,