Nigerian Makes History
One of Nigeria’s brightest young scholars recently graduated with a Cummulative Grade Point Average of 5.0 in Computer Technology from the University of Computer Sciences And Skills, Lodz, Poland. Kasie Abone writes
Already leading in First Class category, right from his first semester examinations in Babcock University, an unassuming 20-year-old, Olukayode Mobolaji Oluwasona, was among the 17 briliant students of the university that left Nigeria at the beginning of their 200-level programme in 2014 to continue their undergraduate studies in Poland under a special degree exchange programme arranged by Babcock University with the University of Computer Sciences And Skills, Lodz, Poland. They were to remain ‘ international students’ until the end of their four-year course, as, even when they had to return to Babcock University for their last and final year in 2016, they remained completely under the monitoring, supervision and mentorship of their lecturers in Poland. Mobolaji who enrolled for Computer Technology and his colleagues were the pioneers in the four years old exchange programme between Babcock and the Polish University.
At the 15th Convocation Ceremonies of Babcock University on Sunday, June 4, 2017, Mobolaji drew a thunderous round of applause when he, alongside 12 of his colleagues that successfully completed the programme, were presented to the mammoth crowd, and he was announced to have made a clean grade of 5.0 and emerged with the best result in the programme.
The Chancellor of the University of Computer Sciences And Skills, Mrs. Aniela Bednarek, was on hand to witness the presentation to Mobolaji, of a Special Achievement Award for his superlative academic performance. Mobolaji and the other 12 graduands who benefited from the exchange programme were in a class of their own at the school’s convocation as they were classified as international students.
Achieving such remarkable academic feat did not come easy to Mobolaji. He confessed that it took hard work, sleepless nights and determination to attain such enviable height.
However, an incident in his secondary school days he confessed firmed his determination to excel in university academics. According to him, “In primary school, I was the best graduating pupil. In secondary school, however, I was basically an average student. I attended Redeemers International Secondary School, Maryland, Lagos, and it was just as if the guys there were unbeatable. I must admit, though, I let down my guard, and I was just doing enough to get by. I came to myself only at the Valedictory/ Prize Giving Ceremony, when I did not get a single prize in academics. I felt so bad. That was the reason I decided and became determined to rewrite the story by regaining my original position when I resumed for undergraduate studies.”
He went further to say that though he was not prepared for the remarkable result he achieved but he set out to make a mark from his first day at Babcock University. “I would say since I resumed in my first year at Babcock, I’d always been on top of my class with a First Class grade. I recall my CGPA at the end of my 100 level studies in Babcock, before departing for Poland, was 4.74. Getting to Poland, I doubled up efforts, maintained my focus and was able to build up on my CGPA. By the time I was writing my final overall examination and defending my final year project, my CGPA was already at 4.79. It was my final overall examination, which is a rigorous assessment
Achieving such remarkable academic feat did not come easy to Mobolaji. He confessed that it took hard work, sleepless nights and determination to attain such enviable height