A Nigerian girl, Mmesoma Okonkwo, won the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award for her excellent performance in the IGCSE English Language exam Even when her colleagues congratulated her after the result came out, she said she was unsure and thought it was an exaggeration until the award ceremony day She said she was confident of her answers but did not believe she was the best in the world until she saw the award with the tag “First in the World”
A Nigerian girl who emerged top among millions of students worldwide has shared her story of winning the prestigious British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award. Mmesoma Okonkwo, a student of Chrisland School in Lagos State, Nigeria, received the award for her excellent performance in the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) English Language exam.
Mmesoma said English has always been her favourite subject, and she was confident about all the answers she chose during the exam.
