Anambra State has continued with its winning streak in educational competitiveness, as one of its indigenes has been declared the best candidate in the category of visually impaired students in Nigeria in the 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
Precious Nzube Mbajiorgu, who wrote the examination at St John of God Secondary School in Awka, has just been rewarded by the WAEC Nigerian headquarters office in Abuja, for her academic excellence despite being physically handicapped. She performed brilliantly in the nine subjects she wrote.
An indigene of Ihiala in Anambra State, Mbajiorgu is currently a fresh-year student at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, where she is studying guidance and counselling. Now 21 years old, Mbajiorgu lost her sight in 2008 to glaucoma when she was in her terminal class in a primary school in Awada, near Onitsha. She subsequently lost some years while adjusting to her new condition, which caused her to learn the use of the Braille machine to read.
“Precious has always been a serious and ambitious student”, remarked Greg Okafor, a Lagos-based lawyer, who has been following her educational progression.
Mbajiorgu, who plans to be an academic, dedicated her award from WAEC to Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his commitment to quality education and for his effort to empower physically challenged persons. “Professor Soludo cares for all”, she said, “and he is well-focused, not just brilliant”.
