MSL Student Stories: Victoria Nkunim Maku Tei
Come Back BetterThe Victoria Nkunim Maku Tei story
You can achieve anything you put your mind to.Victoria Nkunim Maku Tei
Victoria Tei failed papers and rewrote them. On her third attempt at Corporate Reporting, the paper that once gave her a 31, she scored a 68, the joint-highest mark in that paper for the entire diet nationwide. She calls it her 31 to 68 Effect, and what it took to get there, she tells in her own words.
A results transcript is a strange document. It records every mark you earned and nothing about the life you were living while you earned it. It does not show the job you held down, the family you cared for, or the weight you carried into the hall. It shows a number.
Victoria Nkunim Maku Tei’s transcript shows a 31 and a 68 in the same paper. Between those two numbers sit the hardest seasons of her life. This series exists for the whole story.
Victoria completed her ICAG examinations in July 2025, preparing with MSL Business School from October 2023 through to her final paper. What follows is her story, in her own words. The record, set out at the end, is ours.
A plate that was overflowing
My name is Victoria Nkunim Maku Tei. I am an alumna of Tema Presec and the University of Cape Coast, where I studied for a BCom in Finance, and I currently work as an Accountant at EAP Consult Ltd, an engineering construction consultancy firm.
When I started my ICAG journey, I knew it would not be easy. What I did not know was just how much my faith, strength and resolve would be tested along the way.
Juggling a demanding accounting role at work, taking care of a sick parent, and staying actively committed to my church activities meant my plate was not just full; it was overflowing. But I have always lived by one core belief: you can achieve anything you put your mind to.
I joined MSL Business School in October 2023 for an Intervention class, and they became my anchor right through to my final paper. Some exam results were fulfilling; others were deeply discouraging. But giving up was never an option.
Giving up was never an option
Everyone prepares a study timetable. No one gets to schedule what life does in an exam week.
Just one week before my exams, while in Intervention class, I lost my mom. Heartbroken, I still pushed myself to sit for the papers. I failed two, but by grace, I passed the toughest one of the three.
To me, rewriting a paper was not a failure; it was simply an opportunity to come back better.
Rewriting a paper was not a failure; it was simply an opportunity to come back better.Victoria Tei
From a 31 to a 68
The paper that once gave her a 31 was waiting for her one more time.
I sat for my final paper in July 2025. Two days before the results came out, heartbreak struck again with the passing of my dad. Yet, amidst the sorrow, God gave me a reason to smile: not only did I pass, but I also achieved the joint-highest score in Corporate Reporting for that entire diet, on my third attempt.
I call it my 31 to 68 Effect: rising from my lowest score of 31 to a 68.
If I could pull through, you can too
To my fellow ICAG candidates: if you are acing your papers right now, good job. Keep the momentum. If you are experiencing setbacks or lags, it is not the end of the world.
You are with the best tuition school in the game. With a little determination, faith and the right support, you will make it through. If I could pull through the hardest seasons of my life and come out victorious, you can too.
Thank you, MSL Business School; you truly do it like no other. And to my CITG Class of 2027: see you in class pretty soon.
If I could pull through the hardest seasons of my life and come out victorious, you can too.Victoria Tei
Three attempts, one finish line
Qualification
Completed the ICAG (CA) examinations, July 2025 sitting
The 31 to 68 Effect
From her lowest score of 31 to a 68 in Corporate Reporting, on her third attempt
Currently
Accountant, EAP Consult Ltd, an engineering construction consultancy
University
BCom Finance, University of Cape Coast
Secondary school
Tema Presec
Prepared with
MSL Business School, from an October 2023 Intervention class to her final paper; next, CITG Class of 2027
MSL October 2023
Joined MSL Business School
Enrolled in an Intervention class while working full time as an accountant and caring for a sick parent.
ICAG Her first papers after joining
Sat her papers in the hardest week of her life
Days after losing her mother, she sat all three papers, and passed the toughest one. Every rewrite from here she treated as an opportunity to come back better.
ICAG July 2025 sitting
Final paper: a 68 in Corporate Reporting
She passed, with the joint-highest score nationwide in Corporate Reporting for the diet, on her third attempt at the paper. Her lowest mark on the road there was a 31. The result came in the same week she lost her father, a triumph carried through sorrow.
Details stated in this story are correct as at publication, July 2026.
For the student carrying more than books
If you are looking at a resit and wondering whether it is worth it, or working all day and studying at night with more on your plate than anyone knows, Victoria’s story is for you. The 31 and the 68 belong to the same person and the same paper. Her circumstances did not get easier. She kept going anyway.
Victoria prepared with MSL Business School from her first Intervention class to her final paper, the school behind a national awards record that keeps growing. You can achieve anything you put your mind to. Begin.
MSL Student Stories tells the real journeys of MSL Business School students and graduates, in their own words; the wins, the resits, the bounce-backs and everything in between. Every story is told whole.
A note on the 68: it was the joint-highest score nationwide in Corporate Reporting for that diet. In line with ICAG’s awards policy, the national award for the paper went to the candidate who shared the score and had sat all four Level 3 papers at that sitting.
