Zilayefa Okoroze-Trust, a Bayelsa native, has accomplished an astounding accomplishment of scoring 99 percent on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
Okoroze-Trust, a grade 12 student at Jesuit Memorial College (JMC) Porthacourt in Rivers State, received a score of 1530 out of a possible 1600 on October 7, 2023.
He was ranked second among Nigerian students, trailing only David Chukwudi, a student at Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC), who finished first with a score of 1590/1600.
Prior to Zilayefa’s score of 1530/1600 the highest score ever recorded in previous years by any student in Nigeria is 1510/1600.
The SAT examination is a standardised test that assesses the academic preparedness.
It tests applicants’ knowledge of reading, writing, and mathematics subjects that are taught every day in high school classrooms.
