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MANZINI – Seven hours of studying paid off for one Swaziland’s top pupil.

Okwuchukwu Chukwu (15), said attaining 96 per cent was not easy but she was glad it yielded super results. The teenager attended St Theresa’s High School and she came out tops in the 2017 Junior Certificate Examinations.

In addition to studying in groups at school, Chukwu said she spent most of her time studying because her family allowed her to do so. During the exams, the pupil said she, along with her siblings, were not allowed to watch television. She was not the only scholar in the house as her elder sister was writing her Form V examination last year, while her younger brother was in Form II.

She said every day when she got home from school at around 5pm, she would start studying until midnight. Again at 3am she would wake up to nourish her mind with information until 5am. The class prefect said she would also collaborate with her friends where they would help each other.

“At some point, everyone at school was dead serious with studying so much that I was stressed and it scared me,” she said light-heartedly.
 “When the year started, I told myself I wanted to be among those who performed well. However, I intensified my studying techniques during the second term holidays,” she said.

Chukwu is not new to success as she mentioned that she passed with a Merit in Grade VII, even though she did not put as much effort as she did in her Junior Certificate Examination.

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