Word: umuahia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...intellectually unfit. The process begins early. The principal of a secondary school in Onitsha told me that 900 boys applied this year to his school; the number was reduced to 180 after competitive examinations, and of these 60 were finally selected. The principal of Government College in Umuahia, one of the best secondary schools in the country, reported over 5,000 applicants for 60 openings! The weeding out process is repeated after high school, as the country's 20,000--some seniors compete for less than 200 places at UCI and a few at universities in Great Britain and America...