Meet Chidera Ota-The Nigerian Supergirl Who Racked Up 15A*s In UK GCSEs

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Chidera, who studied Latin twice a week in her lunch break, has gained a scholarship to attend King's School, Canterbury, where she will study chemistry, physics, biology, maths and further maths A-levels.

Latin in her lunch break: Chidera Ota got 15A*s in her GCSEs
The 16-year-old pupil at Highsted Grammar School, Sittingbourne, Kent, achieved the grades in English literature and language, maths, statistics, French, German, Latin, history, sociology, chemistry, biology, physics and an IT qualification worth three GCSEs.

Chidera, who lives with her Nigerian-born parents - Uchenna, a GP, and Mercy, a nurse - in the Isle of Sheppey, wants to become a doctor.

She said: 'I stayed home a lot and put a lot of work into my GCSEs. I want to become a doctor so I know it's a very hard and competitive field and I need to do extremely well to get into medicine.

'I want to go to a top university and have already looked around Oxford and Cambridge. I think I'd like to go to St John's College at Cambridge.'

…Here comes Dee Alli
-The Five Year Old Nigeria Who Made UK GCSE History

This year also saw another record broken with five-year-old Dee Alli becoming the youngest person to pass a GCSE.

Dee, who lives with her parents, Joy and Rasheed Alli, in Southwark, South London, gained a C in maths  -  after finding the exam 'very easy'.

The youngster, who enjoys singing and watching television, starts primary school next month.

Last November, she began attending Saturday classes with Excellence in Education, an educational charity which aims to help talented youngsters in inner cities.
Dee said: 'I find maths very, very easy. I didn't know I was taking the exam  -  I thought it was a game. Maths is a big game with numbers.

'I found it very easy because it was mostly questions about the difference between numbers. I'm very surprised to be the youngest ever. I'm very proud of myself.'

Last summer, Dee's brother, Jude, hit the headlines when he sat his maths GCSE aged six and gained a D.

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Good job on your 15a's :)

GOOD FOR REBRANDING: CONGRATULATIONS KIDS

Proud for your accomplishments. More grease to your elbows.

Nice Feat.

simply wonderful. We need to encourage our young ones to excel like Chidera.

Interesting but sad

i thot this was a story about two brilliant girls (Chidera and Dee Alli)..not insulting each other on your differences...lets move Nigeria forward ...starting by moving as one not pieces...please settle your dispute...

This is splendid

Welldone Chidera!You have proved to Nigerians and to the people of the world that an average Nigerian can excell if exposed to the right environment.
Our political leaders have criplled and bastadised the educational system in Nigeria and in turn expect our children to perform magic.The poor performance that we witness at O`Level examinations every year is a reflection of what the Nigerian society is:bad and ruderless leadership,bad products,bad everything.
Nigeria is nothing but a theatre of the absurd.This is the only country on planet earth where government policies are walking on its head.

We have to do something about

We have to do something about the level of decadence in our academic system if we want to grow as a Nation. Less than 25% passing SSCE, lecturers and teachers going on strike, schools being closed down because two governors are not happy, bad learning conditions and scarce resources that should be channeled into research and development are entering peoples pockets. Yet we still have young Nigerians striving despite these disadvantages to create something for themselves.
As we congratulate these kids, let us bare in our minds that it is not because they are Nigerians or Igbos that they were able to achieve these feat but because they are in a system which values education, intellectualism,productivity and ingenuity and have so put in the necessary structure which lays a good foundation for excellence.

Where is Chidera from

Congrats to you Chidera on this feat. I just have one questions for all the contributors who have turned this into a tribal contest. Where is Chidera from? Your answer would be Nigeria. Well, i think you are wrong. The fact that she bares a Nigerian name and have Nigerian parents do not make her a Nigerian as Obama having a Kenyan father does not make him one. This kids where born and bred in the UK, they speak British English, practice British culture and like there. They probably have never been to Nigeria and may actually never come to Nigeria. Do you know the number of accomplished people in the world to day with Nigerian parents who do not want to know what Nigeria looks like?
I am very happy for this kids and their parents and the black race in general not Nigeria. Our youths with similar potentials are turned to robbers and prostitutes because of lack of opportunities. Do you know that they both attended public schools which are well equipped to bring out the best in any serious minded person and it is absolutely free? How many of the people shouting Nigeria here can actually send their kids to public primary schools, not to talk of secondary?

why i say kudos to the girls,

why i say kudos to the girls, i would like to say sahara reporters have adulterated another news again,.Stop feeding people with half truth.

Chaliban, Ngozi Ibeneme et.al. are fools

Thank you very much, Lester Kester. People like Chaliban, Ngozi Ibeneme and Anonymous who attacked Kachi and Nchedo are turbid bigots.

They are the type that Fela was refering to, in his album, 'Teacher no teach me nonsense'.While others are commending the whiz kid, they were busy attacking the guys that appreciated Chidera in their own form.

At last 1 good news about

At last 1 good news about Nigeria. We have so many people like that in Nigeria, but there is no opportunity because of nigerian poverty sticken economy which is as a result of the corrupt rogues in the leading class.

THE SUPER GIRLS

We the people celebrate Chidera and Dee Alli for this wonderful feat you have achieved. You are indeed a role model to the younger generation.

However, do not allow government officials from Nigeria to contaminate you. They will only succeed in killing your dreams. Concentrate only on your career and pursue your goals for it is achievable.

Kudos girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ngozi Ibeneme Is A Sketchy Fat Slob!!

Ngozi Ibeneme is a sketchy,petty, envious, fat slob who makes a living by slandering and Maligning people and she has carried her evil ways into Sahara Reporter blog.Listen you old fool, this is Chidera's time to shine.Stop harrassing the young boys who are expressing in the most dramatic but classy way their loving intention for Chidera. They want Chidera and you, fool!!Chidera is brilliant to know who is an Impostor or not.Stop critising their English, it is non of your business!Chidera does not need you to solicit on her behalf, she is quite capable of taking care of herself as you can see from her academic performnce.Go back into ur little cobby hole and chill in loneliness.Stop riding on Chidera's coat-tails.
People like you poison friendships, marriages, relationships at work and school, so go do what you do best..........giving a head to get a little bit ahead in life.This is not the right spot to solicit for guys to ride your ugly ass u lowlife, Ugly Bum!!

Marvelous

This is worth celebrating in Nigeria. I know we are very intelligent, let our Federal government organise scholarship based on merit in this country. Lots of stars are draining off.

Chidera the UK GCSE Star

I think the young lady has done really well. I think all Nigerians need to keep celebrating this sort of success. ! That said , we need to ask our government to explain why we have had very poor WAEC O level results in Nigeria.Guardian reported that effective credits(ie in Maths and English ) are about 25%, Shameful .

@Chaliban and @Anonymous:

@Chaliban and @Anonymous: thank you very much my distinguished professors. You identified my errors, but couldt correct it as well; of what benefit is your correction?

Why loosing sleep over my comment? Chidera did'nt complain. Why ur vituperations and diatribes on me?

Abeg ur pardon. Ibo is my native language...not English. Correction my foot!

Have a nice day.

Mister you are a disgrace to

Mister you are a disgrace to whatever tribe you come from, let me tell you tribal bigot Ibos do not sleep with their daughters unlike your people and I am sure it is some one like you that sleeps with under age girls. Shameless fool, you are only jealous of this young girl’s achievement which you can never attain in your useless life.

Great Chidera! In Nigeria,

Great Chidera! In Nigeria, WAEC would have delayed or cancelled her result. See why parents are ready to lose an arm and a limb to send their kids to where fairness is practised?

Well done?

Well 15 A*s sounds impressive, but I managed 13 A*s and an A in additional maths, where there is no A* grade, and had to do one subject for each of mine, no IT counting for 3, as did one of my friends. In fact ihad a total of 30 exam sittings and studied Astronomy after school and both Latin and Classical Greek on reduced timetables. Some of my subjects are also considered much harder than others, for example Classical Greek. She did very well to achieve this but do not forget that there are many other people who did just as well, just without receiving this publicity.

Chidera recorded a feat even

Chidera recorded a feat even though there are many parallel records of such achievements replete all over the world that involve Nigerians. We have intelligent people in Nigeria and this is one of such instances.

Really, SR should do a survey of outstanding Nigerians who completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the UK-they will be astounded by the number of Nigerians. I personally know three Nigerians who made distinctions in their Masters studies in the UK and nobody heard about them. Infact, these geniuses finished from our own public universities we like condemning at every instance.

But what is wrong with Nigeria? The truth is that we run a system dead to the growth of research, intellectualism and ingenuity. We don't appreciate ingenuity and that's why UK universities keep on flocking to our country yearly to take away our outstanding graduates at our own developmental detriment and peril.

I am a 1st class graduate product from Nigeria and I'm furthering my studies outside the country with no hope of returning back to Naija. After all, why should i return to a country that doesn't appreciate research, ingenuity and intellectualism?

Well done Girl

Well done girl. I am extremely proud of you and your parent for a wonderful achievement.

This is no mean feat. You are a special girl and please do not stop. Work hard and pray hard and you will achieve your ambition.

You are special.

God bless you

To YERIMA the paedophile

This is one fine example of the potential of young girls. I know you'd rather give them an education of an evil kind - by either "marriage" or servitude. You and your sympathisers are the enemies of our children. Hey! paedo your time is up.

Congratulations to Dee and Chidera. You have struck a blow for all young People - "Your future is bright, you gotta wear a shade"

I IMAGINE THE JOY TO HER PARENTS

MANY COUNTRIES LIKE AMERICA WILL BE READY TO SPEND ANYTHING TO HAVE BRAINY PEOPLE LIKE THIS GIRL. I JUST IMAGINE THE JOY THIS KID HAS BROUGHT TO THE LIVES OF HER PARENTS. MY SON WAS ONE OF THE THREE STUDENTS IN HIS CLASS THAT MADE 100/100 IN THIS YEARS FINAL SCHOOL (MATURITA')IN ITALY. WHAT A JOY!!!,AND HIGH RATED UNIVERSITIES IN UK ARE ALREADY CALLING HIM FOR ADMISSION. WE ARE NIGERIANS, BUT IS NIGERIA READY TO ACCOMMODATE BRAINY KIDS LIKE THESE THAT ARE BECOMING ASSETS TO EUROPE AND AMERICA? backtoroot28 in diaspora

Petty brains at it again!

Petty brains are at it again. You see why the entity Nigeria is a farce? Can these idiots get over been tribalist and grow? Is there abt thing like tribe in London-britain? In USA where Nigerians are americans also? Madnesss of a kind is at it again. Who amongst the past have benefited Nigeria as a nation? has there ever been one? Emeagwale does not benefit Nigeria but his immediate family, so waht?

Congratulations, yet there are even More to be celebrated

Beautiful story. I heard of a Nigerian young academic in Germany. Made his PhD in under 16 months with a "summa Cum laude" - first class. Broke a record from the university and won a prize. No one ever heard about him; no newspaper mentioned him for such great achievement and national pride. When I had a chance encounter with a Harvard professor who met him in Germany, he described his activities as one of top African academics to watch, I searched only to find out that he is not even known in Nigeria. Well, I do really applaud SR for bringing the story of Chidera to us, but there are others who actually deserve greater praise for making Africa, especially Nigeria proud. Please if anyone knows the guy, share his story too. All I know is that he is from the South East, of Igbo extraction, did some studies in South Africa too.

Pere you are a disgrace

Chidera - da eme!

@Pere - your comment is insensitive to the many young girls defiled all over Nigeria, nay the world.

Join the tribalists, you're one of them. Igbos work hard, as do the Edo and others - you are reading the result in the story above. Those two girls have parents alive to their duties. Do your own.

Good success story but no big

Good success story but no big deal about this success story. Nasir El-Rufai did the same in his days when Nigeria GCE was worth it and I had three elder brother who did the same all As no Bs and Nasir and one of these brothers got A1 not 2s. There's nothing fantastic about this one being London GCE

Igbos are making us proud despite the odds

All these tribalist who think they know and are privileged are now in shock because they have been claiming that they are more educated than the Igbos, but facts real facts have proven them wrong Igbos have catchup and have surpassed everybody tribe in Nigeria and Africa in education in all fields both at home and abroad.

Again Nigerian tribalist claim that they own London and Britain but the facts have proven otherwise and now we have people of Igbo extration three(3) members in the British Parliament and many in local elected positions, and many many igbo professionals in all field of endeavours and yet the tribalists do not want to face the facts. Also, in USA Igbos are about to elect the first all Igbo elected official in the State of Michigan in USA in November.

In English sports and football (soccer) Igbos from Nigeria have achieved, won and have been decorated more trophy and winning than any other tribe from Nigeria in Europe and England soccer.

I am not suprised at Igbos achievement, because when you try to supress a people it give them more inner strenght to achieve and prove themselves and igbos are doing it despite the suffocating environment in Nigeria.

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