How I overcame challenges to score  357 points in JAMB – Josephine Thomas 

By Ani Bassey, Calabar

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Eliezer Ezuegah (School principal), Miss Josephine Thomas ( JAMB highest scorer in MaryGold) and Chiborouma Weli-Uchie (School Administrator)

A seventeen years old girl, Josephine Okon Thomas has explained his he scored 357 points in his first attempt at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Examinations.

Miss Josephine, a student of MaryGold International School, Calabar campus disclosed this during an interview with our correspondent in Calabar.

She said she put God first in her endeavour, outline her goals and also followed due procedure.

“First of all I put God first, in every thing, then I outlined my goal like what I want to achieve. 

“You must need a picture of what you want to achieve. Then you have to write them down and follow due procedure. So I put God first and follow up with the syllabus.

“For the JAMB I follow the syllabus, read my text books, because this text book reading school, and for you to pass your external exams you have to read your text books. I need to go face it out. So, I face it out and came through and excelling”, she said.

On challenges, she said “It was not easy, it was raining, sleepless nights, reading at night.

“Some days I actually got tired because “when you do that computer base, scores are not always that favorable.

“But I had motivation from my family members my teachers, the school and everybody”, she said.

Also speaking, Chiborouma  Weli-Uchie, the Administrator of MaryGold International School said the institution  is one of the best in Cross River State in terms of facilities.

She said the school began in the state in 2015  and is well equipped with  facilities such as “Labs fully equipped down from the Physics, Chemistry, Home Economics down to even a music Lab. 

“We have Computer Lab fully equipped, Art Studio, and Language Lab where we encourage them on how to speak”, she said.

Also speaking, Mrs. Janet Weli, the proprietress of MaryGold International Schools nationwide expressed joy with the performance of her students.

She said one major challenge is the issue of payment of  fees  but that despite this the students have been able to excel.

“This brilliant student here had the same issue, but I am happy she had cleared the shame on our faces, for these single performance, proving that we have good brains here in Cross River State.

“We have many children who do not pay fees as their admin have said before.

“We look at them and say at least let us help at this secondary level. This is one of the ways we have been helping”, she said.

She also identified multiple taxation, charges and levies as another major challenge within the sector.