17-year-old Kenyan student has been awarded the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award for his exemplary performance in the 2016 Cambridge International examinations.
Manraj Singh was ranked the overall winner in mathematics worldwide in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams tested across 10,000 schools in 160 countries.
“I always wanted to excel. For an entire month, I kept on studying until in the late night. It is also God who helped me through because I could not make it on my own,” said Manraj
He also emerged the best in Computer Science, Accounting, Additional Mathematics and Mathematics in the country.
Manraj has been awarded a two year scholarship by his school; Melvin Jones Lions Academy in Kenya’s Nakuru County. He aspires to be a surgeon and hopes to advance his education at top universities globally.
Kenya bagged 72 awards in the Cambridge International A Level rewards worldwide, with Melvin Jones school scooping ten of them.
