Science Park High School at Newark in New Jersey, U.S., has honoured a Nigerian graduate, Achunike Okafor, for his extraordinary performance.
According to TapIntoNewark, an online newspaper, Mr Okafor received an International Baccalaureate diploma with a record-shattering 4.625.grade-point average from the school.
His GPA is the highest among Newark’s 2,649 graduates in the Class of 2023 and the highest ever for the city public school district.
It earned him more than 40 scholarship offers, many from the nation’s top universities: Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Princeton, Penn State, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, and Rutgers.
“I am grateful for the opportunities to attend such esteemed universities and to represent my family and community. I do not take lightly the privilege and responsibility to be among the few individuals selected for such honours,” Mr Okafor said.
The 18-year-old plans to attend Harvard University…