{"id":23695,"date":"2022-08-31T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/best-student-who-got-95-1-appeals-for-financial-assistance"},"modified":"2022-08-31T15:59:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:59:13","slug":"best-student-who-got-95-1-appeals-for-financial-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/best-student-who-got-95-1-appeals-for-financial-assistance","title":{"rendered":"Best student who got 95.1% appeals for financial assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Joseph Obuny Okech, the best performing candidate in the 2021 national secondary school examination has appealed for financial support to pursue his studies.<\/p>\n

21-year-old Obuny, who scored the highest marks of 95.1% in the 2020-2021 exams failed admission to university due to limited resources.<\/p>\n

Obuny sat for his exams at Joshua Okwachi Secondary School in Juba, and has since been hunting for a scholarship opportunity without success.<\/p>\n

Hailing from a poor family, he pushed himself hard to get a good grade in order to win a scholarship opportunity.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he sat for Sudan\u2019s Secondary School Certificate and scored 87.6%. According to him, the score was not enough to get sponsorship, and he decided to sit again in Juba.<\/p>\n

However, despite scoring the highest marks in the country, Okuny said he tried several avenues including contacting the Ministry of Higher Education to secure scholarships but has not succeeded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried the Egyptian scholarship, but the result are not yet out, so am still waiting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp to now, such a thing did not happen at all, and never ever did they come to me like you\u2019re the best student or anything, they didn\u2019t talk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okuny\u2019s academic dream is to study medicine and become a doctor.<\/p>\n

But after the frustrating chase for a chance to rebuild his career, the urge to sustain his needs kicked in and he resorted to working as airtime seller in Juba town.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Eye Radio on Tuesday, he appealed to well-wishers to support him enroll in higher institution of learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently what I want is that, if I could get an opportunity to get a scholarship no matter where it\u2019s. I just want to join a university as soon as possible, because it has been long, I stay two years without going to university, and that\u2019s waste of time.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Obuny also became the top-scoring pupil during his primary-living exams in 2016, scoring 477 marks out of 500 at Saint Kizito Primary School.<\/p>\n

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