[size=14pt]Nigerian girl breaks academic record in UK[/size]
By Segun Olugbile
Sunday, 11 Sep 2011

SEGUN OLUGBILE in this report highlights how a 23-year-old Nigerian girl, Askia Oghale Tessy, laundered Nigeria’s battered academic image in the United Kingdom by emerging the best graduating student at the 2011 convocation of Middlesex University, carting home five awards.



Oghale, during the 2011 convocation of Middlesex University, United Kingdom

She left Nigeria in 2010 an unsung hero. Though Miss Askia Oghale Tessy had graduated a year earlier with second class upper degree in Computer Science at the Novena University, Oghume, Delta State, nobody gave her a chance to do well at the Middlesex University, Hendon campus, United Kingdom, where she had secured admission to pursue a Master’s degree in Business Information/Computer Technology. But Oghale did not just do well, she emerged the best international graduating student to launder Nigeria’s battered academic image.


Apart from emerging the best, she also carted home five of the awards on offer during the convocation. According to the university, the Nigerian got the award as the best graduating student in Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Systems Design Technology, Expert Systems Technology and Transaction Processing Technology. For her efforts, the UK university has given her an appointment as a lecturer and an automatic admission to run her Ph.D degree at the institution.


In a telephone chat with our correspondent, Oghale said that the quality academic background she was exposed to at Novena, her determination to succeed and the grace of God contributed to her academic success in UK.


“My experience in UK has proved that Nigeria’s education sector is not as bad as we think it is; at least I did all my primary, secondary education and my first degree in Nigeria and if my country’s education sector had been as bad as we used to think, one would not have been able to cope here,” she said.


Oghale, however, added that the level of facilities available in most UK institutions were far better than Nigeria’s. But she said that no student could succeed, whether in Nigeria or in foreign universities, if such student lacks determination and will power to shun distractions.


“For me, I pay full attention to whatever I want to do and I think that also contributed to my success,” she said.

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Congrats girl. Can I marry you ---- I like my women smart.

obowunmi:

Congrats girl. Can I marry you ---- I like my women smart.

No don't ask.ask the UK school why they are stealing our best brains.They have given her an option not to return to Nigeria by the job offer.

aloy/emeka:

[size=14pt]Nigerian girl breaks academic record in UK[/size]
By Segun Olugbile
Sunday, 11 Sep 2011

SEGUN OLUGBILE in this report highlights how a 23-year-old Nigerian girl, Askia Oghale Tessy, laundered Nigeria’s battered academic image in the United Kingdom by emerging the best graduating student at the 2011 convocation of Middlesex University, carting home five awards.



Oghale, during the 2011 convocation of Middlesex University, United Kingdom

She left Nigeria in 2010 an unsung hero. Though Miss Askia Oghale Tessy had graduated a year earlier with second class upper degree in Computer Science at the Novena University, Oghume, Delta State, nobody gave her a chance to do well at the Middlesex University, Hendon campus, United Kingdom, where she had secured admission to pursue a Master’s degree in Business Information/Computer Technology. But Oghale did not just do well, she emerged the best international graduating student to launder Nigeria’s battered academic image.


Apart from emerging the best, she also carted home five of the awards on offer during the convocation. According to the university, the Nigerian got the award as the best graduating student in Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Systems Design Technology, Expert Systems Technology and Transaction Processing Technology. For her efforts, the UK university has given her an appointment as a lecturer and an automatic admission to run her Ph.D degree at the institution.


In a telephone chat with our correspondent, Oghale said that the quality academic background she was exposed to at Novena, her determination to succeed and the grace of God contributed to her academic success in UK.


“My experience in UK has proved that Nigeria’s education sector is not as bad as we think it is; at least I did all my primary, secondary education and my first degree in Nigeria and if my country’s education sector had been as bad as we used to think, one would not have been able to cope here,” she said. [i][/i]

Oghale, however, added that the level of facilities available in most UK institutions were far better than Nigeria’s. But she said that no student could succeed, whether in Nigeria or in foreign universities, if such student lacks determination and will power to shun distractions.


“For me, I pay full attention to whatever I want to do and I think that also contributed to my success,” she said.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201109111224351

Why do we just like to speak bad of our nation? Where do you have the record the Nigeria's educational image is battered? How many of the so called citizens of the western world study as much as we do or really excel better than us academically.

Askia has said it all (see bolded and italized text), let us be proud of our nation- educationally, we are always fantastic.

Check the records mate!

Congrat girl! Thanks for making Nigerians proud. Keep it up!

now, we need the proactive application to human life.

sayso:

No don't ask.ask the UK school why they are stealing our best brains.They have given her an option not to return to Nigeria by the job offer.

No they are not stealing from us because they know what is good and go all out to get it. In Nigeria, she may not be offered a job because she does not have 6 years post NYSC experience , quota system, political affiliation, Man know man etc. Abeg, let her grab the job and make the most of it.

Congrats girl !

Nigerians are naturally brave, intelligent and beautiful.

Well done.

atasteve:

Nigerians are naturally brave, intelligent and beautiful.

Well done.

I hope you will still say this even wen the news is negative?

Good to give credit though,

oh nice one, babe pls come back home o we need people like u around for many tins even me go like be ur husband.

Go girl,u've made us proud

Congrats! Girl. Say it loud and clear that our educational system is not bad. God bless you. God2man.

nice one

congrats girl, i'm happy for u. I pray i get such opportunity to prove myself! Amen.

Thumbs up for you girl. keep it up.

congrat girl![b][/b]

Though you fall short of the requisite beauty to produce the "beauty with brain" combo, you still were able to earn my respect. Looking forward to you translating that to solutions. Because that is all that matters. Our problem has never been lack of school men or book people, we just don't have thinkers.

asscend:


I hope you will still say this even wen the news is negative?

Good to give credit though,

Rational minds don't associate with negativity. Success will always attracts associates. That just what we stand for.

Congrats girl for such an amazing presentation. We should be feared and reckoned with for our expoits.

sayso:

No don't ask.ask the UK school why they are stealing our best brains.They have given her an option not to return to Nigeria by the job offer.

Let a Nigerian firm match or beat her UK offer, and see if she won't return home. . .

Girl congrats jare, u are so fortunate to quickly grab your opportunities, yes Nigerians are too brainy and brilliant than those oyinbo with football brain. when it comes to school academical work and scoring good grades give it to Nigerians, They can copy and paste exactly whatever IT IS  from the lecturers textbook by studying, many are still here waiting for such opportunities to enter uk schools, infact in 3years to come na we go dominate Uk schools.

Way to go girl! Though the rest of the world may not believe it, Nigerians are naturally hardworking. Baby, pls keep the flag flying even higher. Congrats!!!

THANK YO VERY MUCH for making Nigeria Proud! Nigeria has a lot of brains but nothing to put it to!
Too many schools but no Job! Have you heard of any firm in Nigeria looking for graduates and cant find one? That's the case of Naija!
A lot of brains are roaming the streets looking for job! I hope she does not come home cus nothing here for her oh!

Ladies should shun Brazilian hair and BB and get independent.

She was so engrossed with books that she didn't realize how artificial she look with that samba hair. There is so much noise around her make up. I recommend a visit to a beauty parlor.

Congratulations girl, you have done very very well. Novena University is in Ogume and not Oghume.

NOVENA-datz a private sch
i jus hope guyz wil stop criticising pple attendin private schs.sb like mi wil ensure my children attend good private schs startin wit d kindergarten stage.datz doesn't mean wi don't hav good govt schs.i was in d system so i know wat 'm sayin
yes ooooo na jus ma opinion sha

thats my girlll,, can i marry you? lucky we r from same ethnic group!! Isoko wadoooo

This lady has proven to the likes of NNPC M.D that Nigerian graduates are not the dumbasses he wants people to believe they are. She should please grab the job offer with both hands and even her legs. There is nothing back home.

Congrats , u ve done ur nation & continent proud. Kip it up.
That being said, when are we going to stop seeing ourselves as second class humans or inferior beings. If it were to be white girl( british, american or european) I m sure there won't be much fuss like this. We av assumed that such feats are for the whites/ superiors.
May God help us to help ourselves .