A former student from Auckland Grammar School has been named the top scholarship student of last year.
Byung-Cheol Cho scooped the Prime Minister's Award for Academic Excellence at the annual NZQA Top Scholar Award ceremony held at Parliament today.
Education Minister Hekia Parata congratulated him on achieving seven New Zealand Scholarships, including five Outstanding Scholarships in calculus, chemistry, Earth and space science, physics, and statistics.
"Additionally, he distinguished himself as a good leader, musician and sportsman during his secondary school career," the minister said.
Mr Cho will be studying at Princeton University in the United States this year with a goal of completing a PhD in biomedical engineering and contributing to the development of medical devices.
