NSE Rewards Outstanding UTME Candidates with Scholarship

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has rewarded 16 secondary school students for their outstanding performance in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The NSE this year, instituted a scholarship award to encourage candidates who intend to study Engineering and STEM related courses in the university. The 16 students will enjoy a scholarship of N1,000,000 each, for a five-year period after gaining admission into the university of their choice studying Engineering.

Some of the students who received the award and their scores in the UTME include; Miss Agnes Maduafokwa with a score of 365, intends to study Industrial and Production Engineering, Miss Shalom Mezisashe Ojuba with a score of 359, intends to study Electrical Engineering, Master Awesome Osom Akan with a score of 353 intends to study Electrical Electronics Engineering; Master Victor Elechukwu, 359.

Others were; Oluwatobi Samuel Ojo, 355; Master George Utulu, 355; Fejiro Akakabota, 352, Miss

Favour Jesupemi, 352, Gboyega Olueatobiloba Enoch, 356, David Okwuchukwu, 363, Paul Oluwatobi Adebola, 358, among others.

Speaking during a virtual meeting/unveiling of 2020 UTME best brains in Engineering ceremony, the President of NSE, Babagana Mohammed said the essence of the award, was to change the narrative where students who performed excellently in their academics were not encouraged and create an enabling environment for the students to achieve their potentials.

According to him, “For a long time, I had the impression that what we were doing is not right. In most competitions organised in Nigeria, students who performed well only get a handshake. That I think does not encourage anybody. Some of these children are from less-privileged background. It is because some of us got government scholarship; that is why we are where we are today.

“There are many brilliant children who cannot continue their education because their parents could not afford it. We intentionally came up with this policy to empower people. This is the maiden edition. We must make ourselves productive and in the process, our country will benefit, it is a two way switch.”