A
22-year-old student of Nusrat Senior Secondary School from Brufut village has
bagged 9As in the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination
(WASSCE).
Abdou
Rahman Bah had a similar impressive result when he sat to the Junior
Certificate School Exams (GABECE) at the Brufut Upper Basic School.
Speaking
to The Point about the boy’s performance, Muhammed F. Jabbi, chairman of
Conference of Principals, and principal of Brufut Upper and Senior Secondary
School, said he was very proud of Abdou Rahman bah.
‘’I
am indeed very proud and happy that our own Abdou Rahman Bah from Brufut has
come out with the best results in the whole country, with 9As. He has indeed
made the whole community of Brufut proud, especially his alma mater,” Mr Jabbi
said.
This
was not a surprise as he also bagged aggregate 6, when he left the Brufut
Junior School for Nusrat, he added.
Mr
Jabbi further noted that because of the way they train their students at Brufut
Junior and Senior Secondary School, their “students are doing well in schools
throughout The Gambia”.
Abdou
Rahman‘s best friend and schoolmate at Nusrat, Muhammed Boye Jallow, who bagged
8As, was also from Brufut school, Mr Jabbi said, adding that they have all made
Brufut village proud.
The
principal of Nusrat Senior Secondary School, Karamo S. Bojang, in his remarks,
said the impressive result of Abdou Rahman Bah was one of its kinds in his
tenure as head of the school.
‘’Our
students perform year-in-year out, but I have been waiting for a result of this
caliber. I am very happy and proud of Abdou Rahman Bah coming out with 9As. It
is indeed impressive,” said Mr Bojang.
“Our
discipline, hard work and dedication coupled with the desire to keep our good
name yearly motivated us to give our students the encouragement they need to
come up with such impressive results,’’ he added.
Nusrat’s
Vice Principal George K. Annan, in his comments, said Abdou Rahman Bah was
quietly arrayed in every way and has proven to be a humble, industrious and
responsible student with a very good rapport with his teachers and colleague
students.
Salieu
Juldeh Bah, mother to Abdou Rahman Bah, and Uncle Ismail Bah, both expressed
how proud and highly elated they are about their son and nephew, having got the
best result in the country.
“We
cannot describe how happy and proud we feel about him,” they said.
For
his part, Abdou Rahman Bah said it was amazing to learn that he bagged 9As upon
seeing his results.
‘’Considering
the tremendous hard work, dedication and discipline I have put in the
preparation of the exams, I expected to perform well but not to the level of
9As. I thank God for it,” he said.
‘’I
study very hard and I always pray to God every day to make sure that I have a
good connection with my creator,” he added.
According
to him, he is aspiring to study medicine at the university where he hopes to
continue his academic success.
He
hailed and thanked his parents, family, principal and colleague students who in
one way or the other contributed to his tremendous academic success.
He
urged and advised his junior colleagues to be disciplined, hardworking and
religious, adding that if “you want success, you have to be disciplined,
hardworking and prayerful in your endeavours; there is no magic or secret in
education”.
