Not less than 1,000 indigent senior secondary school students from communities in Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency on Wednesday, received free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and West African Examination Council forms.
The sponsor of the initiative, Mr Ayodele Asalu, issued the forms to the beneficiaries during the 10th anniversary of the programme held in Ejigbo, Osun State.
The sponsor who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), recalled that the initiative was launched in 2016 to empower less-privileged students in the constituency, ensuring that brilliant but indigent youths have access to higher education.
“Year on year, we increased the number of beneficiaries to accommodate rising needs and expand the reach of our intervention. Today, ten years after I first launched the idea, we have distributed over 7,000 WAEC and UTME forms in this Local Government and Federal Constituency,” he said.
Asalu disclosed that for this edition, 450 students were sponsored for WAEC while 550 received UTME forms, with all WAEC beneficiaries automatically provided with JAMB registration.
He further explained that students were drawn from 20 public secondary schools in Ejigbo, with the best 15 students from each school chosen. Additional beneficiaries were nominated through religious bodies, traditional institutions, community leaders, and other stakeholders to ensure fairness and inclusiveness.
Asalu urged the students and their parents to make the best use of the opportunity by giving their best effort in their examinations.
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