Nineteen-year-old, Ogun State-born Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji has
emerged the best scholar in the 2013 May/June West African Senior School
Certificate Examination.
The leadership of the West African Examinations Council
honoured the lad alongside two females on Thursday in Minna, Niger State. The
females are Ifeoluwapo Fasola and Maureen Anyanwu, both of who are natives of
Oyo and Imo states, respectively.
For posting outstanding results, the trio received the
WAEC’s prestigious National Distinction and Merit Awards. They scored A1 in all
their subjects.
However, Ogunfolaji is considered the overall best candidate
having scored a total grade of 666.6525 in eight subjects, including English
Language and Mathematics.
By the feat, the lad becomes the current holder of the
esteemed award instituted by the council in 1984 to encourage academic
excellence.
Ogunfolaji, who attended the Sacred Heart Catholic College,
Abeokuta, Ogun State between 2007 and 2013, with examination number
4280232/098, also obtained A1 in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural
Science, Geography and Yoruba Language.
