It was a moment of excitement and celebrations for parents and guardians of candidates of the C&T tutorial centre who thronged the premises of the centre to celebrate the success recorded by its candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results recently released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB)
The tutorial centre presented its first set of candidates who made history with Olajide Raymond scoring 342, Faboya Ayomikun with 335, Ugbumba Chris 322, Omilola Progress 300 and Ayoola Ewaoluwa with 297 marks respectively.
The centre also recorded 30 candidates who scored above 250 while about 100 candidates scored 200 and above.
Speaking to newsmen at the weekend, in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State the Proprietor of the centre, Mr Toba Akinwumi, said his love for adolescents education and the divine ability to make younger ones understand whatever he was explaining to them propelled him to set up the centre.
Akinwumi said he felt he needed to toe the path of helping the young ones when he saw that JAMB exams seemed like the wall of Jericho to many students aspiring to get into the university as many got crippled with very low scores which most times demoralised them.
" I called some of my friends who are professionals to join me to create a kind of destination, Institute where students can come in contact with the very best of tutors in various disciplines not just teachers but people who are already versatile in the field and can employ the technical know how to make these students have a better understanding of the subjects, so that no subject will be a problem. Whether they are attempting JAMB for the first or second time, they should be able to get excellent scores and gain admission into the university of their choice and study the courses of their dream.
He said the centre which started August 5, 2024 with only 2 students currently has over 150 students
When asked if the centre is all about candidates aspiring to write JAMB, the proprietor said the centre is a multipurpose centre for students preparing for WAEC, NECO, GCE, School of Nursing, A-Level, IELTS, SAT, GRE, GMAT, ICAN, ATS, CITN, private lessons, among others with prospective students recording success in those exams.
While acknowledging the challenges especially with handling of students who are either slow in learning or recalcitrant, Akinwumi said the centre has a foundation of discipline and that the system has flourished by instilling discipline and punishments when necessary to keep the students in check and also ensure they dress decently within the premises.
He appreciated the Executive Director of Oba's place in Ado-Ekiti for his philanthropic gesture by sponsoring 20 students for free JAMB registrations with the sum of N160,000 . He also thanked the Sheroes foundation for procuring free past questions for selected girls.
In his goodwill message, a former Commissioner in the state who served in various Ministeries including the Ministry of Lands and Housing, Culture and Tourism, Education, and Water Resources, and also former Member, Governing Council Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Hon. Segun Akinwumi, emphasized on the importance of education as he maintained that a viable society is achievable with the products of its education sector.
He congratulated the students for making the state and their parents and guardians proud while he encouraged other parents and guardians to enrol their children and wards in the centre.
Dr Mrs Evelyn Olajide, mother of the candidate with the highest score at the centre, appreciated the proprietor and other tutors for impacting knowledge and moral values into the children apart from the fact that the fees is affordable for any parent.
" when I heard the fee charged, I was shocked because it is low compared to the level of academic excellence obtained here. Infact, this is a testament that money is not everything," she concluded.
One of the tutors, Mr. Adebayo Adebiyi,said,"Let me speak on the aspect of English Language. My attention (and by extension, the attention of the Proprietor/CEO, was drawn to the seemingly poor performance of students in English Language everywhere. I conceived a goal that would see students score nothing less than 60 in English Language. Thankfully, we recorded an impressive number of students that scored between 60s and 70s in English Language.
"Numerous Saturday lessons, not less than 1,500 preparatory questions/tests/mocks answered by the students, special Sunday classes, uncountable online teachings, quizzes and engagements, all in a bid to sharpen the students to find themselves in the fulfilled position they find themselves today."
Olajide Raymond, Faboya Ayomikun, Ugwumba Chris, Omilola Progress and Ayoola Ewaoluwa who scored 342, 335, 322, 300 and 297 respectively, said it was rigorous at the begining considering the hard work the tutors made them go through.
They unanimously affirmed that, though, it was all work and no play, they were particularly impressed with learning environment and the facilities, as the tutors were friendly but very strict with the academic workload .
They narrated how they sometimes missed going to church on sundays and how they took classes overnight. " We are always here learning, reading and doing everything even beyond the syllabus we sometimes had classes overnight."
Olajide who was beaming with smiles and like his contemporaries said,
" I am glad all the stress paid off and I am happy I scored that mark in JAMB. I will love to study Medicine and Surgery."
Also, Ayoola, who attempted the exam for the first time hailed the proprietor and other tutors, adding that the marathon classes really helped them. She hope to become a lawyer.
C&T Tutorial centre is located at the Second floor, Obafemi Awolowo Civic Centre, Fajuyi, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
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