Untold Story Of How Boy Who Scored 309 In UTME Was Lured To Take The Exam While Selling ‘Pure Water’

A pure water seller, Ugwu Chibuzo Augustus, has secured a full scholarship after he scored 309 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

GWG.ng reports that Augustus dropped out of school two years ago to start hawking water on the streets. 

The founder of Educare, Alex Onyia, disclosed this via his X handle (formerly known as Twitter) @winexviv, on Sunday.

He said, “This youngster from my village Ugwu Chibuzo Augustus scored 309 in JAMB. He left school 2 years ago and has been selling pure water in the streets. Onyia said the teenager was challenged to join the UTME preparatory class with the promise that he will get a full scholarship if he score above 300. 

He said Augustus accepted the challenge, attended class during the day and went back to sell his pure water after the day’s classes. 

“We convinced him to join the JAMB prep program with a promise that he would get a scholarship if he scores above 300. He took up that challenge. He comes to classes during the day and goes back to sell his pure water after the days classes.

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