Achievement of man depends on God's grace as we all know but the grace shines brighter on you through your commitment and hardwork.
Omotoso Olutayo Olusogo won a scholarship sponsored by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Nigeria to study at the Newcastle University, United Kingdom. There, he beat every other first class student from around the world to emerge the best with distinction.
According to Omotoso Olutayo who hails from Araromi Ekiti in Ijero local government "It was not my first time anyway, as I have won several academic awards. These include the Rector’s Award for the Overall Best Student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti (2004), HOD’s Award for the Overall Best Student in Power System and Machine at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State (2017), etc. Yet, my award at the Newcastle University is special. It gives me one of the most blissful moments of my life being celebrated in one of the world’s topmost universities; though a lot of sacrifice, commitment and self-denial of fun were involved. I feel good that the feat has propelled me to the next stage of life having won another full scholarship for Doctor of Philosophy/Doctor of Engineering (PhD/EngD) programme at one of the top ranking universities in the world".
My area of specialisation is Electrical Power, which includes Power System Stability and Control; Power Electronics for power system and mobility applications using wide band gap technology. My class capacity was 50. Graduating as a top student in MSc Electrical Power came as a surprise to me for the fact over 80 per cent of the students were best candidates from their respective countries. Again, most of them had their first degree in the developed world with state-of-the-art teaching facilities, conducive teaching and learning environment and, most importantly, in high-ranking universities. I want to believe that the grace of God stood me out. Considering human efforts, I would say consistent study, persistence in solving problems were tools that propelled me to the top.
Students who want to be on top must be hard working, observe consistent study, and be relentless in problem solving. In fact, such students’ education/academic perspective must be unique and different. For me, I see education like taking a bath to look healthy rather than look good. That is, I view education/academics as a way of acquiring knowledge to impact the world positively rather than money making.
Omotoso has been able to prove something to through his commitment and hardwork. No matter how long, a day will come when your hardwork and commitment will smile on you.
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