Cambridge official says Nigerian students are highly intellectual

An official of the Cambridge International Education (CIE) has reportedly described

Juan Visser, Regional Director for Sub Saharan Africa who is also Country Examination Manager for Nigeria while speaking with the Guardian on the sideline of the 2018 British Council Recognition and Outstanding Cambridge Learners Award said the performance of the Nigerian students who participated in the exams conducted by British Council is at par with global standards.

According to the Guardian, the students and their schools were recognised for their outstanding performance in the November 2016 and June 2017 Cambridge examination series.

Visser commended the students who received the award and their teachers saying is not easy to get the award as both pupils and teachers must show a high level of commitment and dedication.

“The 2018 award is an outstanding global category, winners were selected by Cambridge. So it means that the winners are topping the world. We operate in 160 countries with over 10,000 schools and all learners across the world write the same examination because we want to ensure that we have the best standards of exam submitted to Cambridge.

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“Winners were selected globally. So we recorded excellent achievement for Nigerian learners and what it also means is that the schools in Nigeria were able to teach and impact their students with the same quality standards as top schools in other areas of the planet. It is an indication that the schools are world-class institutions for them to have been able to sit for the Cambridge examination and get top results. It is a deserved honour and we are very proud of them,'' he said.

Nigerian students win medals at international robotics contest

It's been a season of medals for Nigerian students as teenagers from the country win big in international tech competitions.

In July, the three Nigerian students that participated at the World Adolescent Robotics in China have reportedly won gold for proper documentation of processes on engineering note.

The students, Tawakalitu Giwa, Oluwaseun Omotayo and Ayomide Adetunji also won the “Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli’ Award for Courageous Achievement at the event organised by the China Association of Science and Technology.

Three weeks after, another group of Nigerian students have reportedly won two bronze medals at the 2018 First Global Robotics Olympiad (GRO) in Mexico.