The Secondary school student who performed outstandingly in the 2023 West African School Certificate (WASC) examinations, Ololade Adesina of Rehoboth College in Ilorin said his school’s policy pushed him into achieving the feat.

Adesina who recorded nine distinctions (A1s) in the examinations said on Monday in Ilorin that the school’s zero tolerance for exam malpractices pushed him into working harder.

He told reporters that he was surprised and very excited with the result from the examinations conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

Adesina, who also scored 298 in the last examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said: “I was surprised to see the result and I was very excited.

“But my result is a product of God’s grace, mercy, and favour. I give glory to God for such an excellent performance.”

”I motivated myself into studying hard, knowing about so many things far from me and reading wide,” he said.

Adesina, whose father and mother hail from Ondo State and Kwara respectively, encouraged governments at all levels to encourage a reading culture among students.

”This can be done by providing well-equipped libraries in strategic places in the society.”

He however admonished students nationwide to continue to work hard and have no mind for shortcuts to success.

Access24  reports that Adesina scored distinctions in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and four other subjects.

The news room also reports that one of the former students of Rehoboth College, Dada Omotayo, also emerged Overall Best Graduating Student at the Nigerian Law School in 2022.