Zilayefa Okoroze-Trust, a Bayelsa-born student, has achieved an incredible feat by securing 99 percent scores in the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).

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Okoroze-Trust, a grade 12 student of Jesuit Memorial College (JMC) Porthacourt, Rivers State, scored 1530 out of a maximum score of 1600 at the test held on October 7, 2023.

He emerged 2nd best Nigerian student after David Chukwudi a student of the Nigerian Tulip international college (NTIC) 1st with a score of 1590/1600.

Prior to Zilayefa’s score of 1530/1600 the highest score ever recorded in previous years by any student in Nigeria is 1510/1600.

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The SAT examination is a standardised test that assesses the academic preparedness.

It tests applicants’ knowledge of reading, writing, and mathematics subjects that are taught every day in high school classrooms.

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