Girl with Highest JAMB Score, 15 Others Get Scholarship

The Nigerian Society of Engineers has awarded a scholarship to Miss Maduafokwa Agnes Egoagwuagwu who scored the highest mark in 2020 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Examination. She was among the 16 candidates that were offered scholarships for their excellent performance in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In all, the 16 candidates were awarded a scholarship worth N16million by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to study engineering courses in higher schools. The beneficiaries, comprising males and females, have indicated interest to study mechanical, industrial production, electrical, computer as well as civil engineering in Nigerian universities. The best three of the 16 candidates, Maduafokwa Egoagwuagwa Agnes, Nwobi Okwuchuwu David, and Ojuba Mezisasha Shalom, scored 365, 363 and 359 in the examination. Each of the candidates will get N200, 000 per year for the next five years if they gained admission this year. Besides, each of them got a brand new laptop while the best candidate, Maduafokwa got an extra new laptop and a tablet donated by the President, Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, Mrs. Funmilola Ojelade, and other sponsors