A Whanganui High School student has won a nationwide scholarship.
Alister Hughes, 17, was one of five students selected from throughout New Zealand for a New Zealand Grant. The grant provides the students, who must be from decile 1-5 schools, with tutoring, expert advice and resources to perform at their very best in the upcoming NCEA and NZQA Scholarship exams.
The programme was launched by Crimson Education and will connect each of the recipients to a scholarship strategist, as well as mentoring, tutoring and a range of services offered to prepare students for the end of year exams.
Alister is currently in Year 13 and studying calculus, statistics, Cambridge mathematics, biology, English literature, chemistry and history. Next year he hopes to take on a bachelor of law and bachelor of arts conjoint degree, majoring in philosophy and public Policy.
Alister is the head prefect for academia at Whanganui High School, and also plays the piano. He is heavily involved in debating and coaches junior teams at his school. He was recently chosen as reserve for the New Zealand Secondary Schools debating team.