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FUTA Alumnus Emerges Best Student In China

An alumna of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ayoola Oluwakemi  has  won the prestigious  2019 China Excellent International Students award.

Oluwakemi is currently undergoing her Ph.D.  programme in Primate Genomic Conservation and Evolution in Kunming Institute of Zoology ,Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

According to the organisers, to win the award International students must demonstrate clear   purpose of learning, diligent study and consistent excellent academic According.

Other criteria include adherence to Chinese and school’s law and regulations, respect for professors, care of public property, paying attention to sanitation and good role model in school through active participation in the activities of the school. The award is held annually by China to encourage international students to study hard and also create in UCAS a brand for the training of international talents.

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She is the only African female student with that distinction in a pool of 40 international students who won the award organised by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The vice chancellor of FUTA, Prof. Joseph Fuwape, has congratulated Ayoola, saying she has joined a growing list of FUTA alumni doing the university and the country proud in the global arena.

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Every year, some  international students adjudged to be outstanding in learning and character  , who are  studying sciences in all China Provinces under the aegis of the University of China Academy of Science, UCAS are  nominated by CAS institutes across the country based on their performance and academic achievements.

The best of the lot are thereafter selected and declared as winners of the Excellent International Students Award.

Ayoola graduated   from FUTA with B (Agric.) Tech- Ecotourism and Wildlife management with a second-class upper division in 2014. She also obtained a Masters of Agricultural Technology with a Distinction in 2017. She served in FUTA   as a teaching Assistant in the Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management Department between 2015-2017. She Won the CAS-TWAS Ph.D. President Fellowship in 2017 to Study Primate Conservation Genomics and Evolution in China.

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