By Nigeria’s most brilliant student says phones are distractions
Unrguably one of the brightest minds the country will be producing in the nearest future, Chinecherem Cynthia Ali, a former student of Shalom Academy, Nsukka, Enugu State, has said that being denied access to mobile phones or any gadget by her Dad was a blessing in disguise as it helped her to achieve A grade in all the subjects she took in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.
“He taught us English after school hours. He made sure I didn’t use a mobile phone. Once I got to secondary school, I neither used a phone nor had access to any gadget. It was a serious offence at home. It really helped me because if I had a mobile, I would have been distracted. I might have spent less time on my studies. My mum always encouraged me too. She told me that when she was my age, she excelled in her studies too. She emphasised that I could break the record. When I was in primary school, my father supported me with extra lessons at home. He also got part-time teachers for me, ” Cynthia said in a recent interview with The Punch.
The beautiful genius who wants to study medicine at University of Nigeria, Nsukka or Ebonyi State University, has been given scholarship to study in any university of her choice in Nigeria and a prize of N1m by the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
