Eva Adelaja Old Girls Pay Collaboration Visit To Alma Mater

The newly elected national exco of the Old Girls Association of Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary Grammar School, Bariga Tuesday, September 20, paid a courtesy visit on its alma mater on Tuesday, September 20th, 2022.

The visit which was led by the National President, Mrs Rhoda Ayinde was to seek area of collaboration that could help to further lift the school.

Mrs Ayinde, appreciated the Principals for what she described as their exemplary service in maintaining the good standard of the schools.

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“The scenery of the schools shows that, both the teaching and non-teaching staff are doing a lot.

“We pray that God will be with you and help you to take the schools to great heights”, she said.

According to her, the purpose of the visit was to among others; identify areas of concern and develop partnership for the uplifting of both two schools and impact positively on the students.

“we are here to build on the legacy of past Excos, nurturing the students’ character development, molding them to become women of substance and emerge as better generation.,“, Mrs Ayinde said, expressing the optimism that together, they could make the nation a better place.

“We want to be part of the orientation programme for new intakes of Junior Secondary School (JSS) by sharing our experiences to motivate them.

“We will also like to participate in the valedictory service for Senior Secondary Schools (SSS), with a view to induct the three graduands into OGA. We want to catch them young”, the president said.

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In her response, the Principal of the Senior Secondary School, Mrs Olayinka Soyoye, thanked OGA for the visit emphasising the impressive presence and impact of OGA in virtually all areas   of the school.

She reiterated OGA’s show of love and sacrifice for the students.

Mrs Soyoye recalled that at the 7th Annual Speech & Prize Giving Day of the school last March 17, that an award of appreciation was given to OGA for selfless commitment and dedicated service to her alma mater.

She appealed to OGA not to relent, but assist the school in renovating SSS1 block, building hostel for SSS students currently all now in full boarding.

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The school, she added was also in dire need of a school bus.

Other critical challenge she mentioned, included a bigger dining Hall and kitchen for the two schools, bemoaning the prevailing situation whereby SSS students wait for the juniors to dine before having their own meal.

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The Principal of the Junior Secondary School, Mrs Olanrewaju Buhari in her response, expressed appreciation to both national and set groups for giving scholarships and reading devices to the students, renovating the school biology and chemistry labs, gate, toilets and food court among others.

She called the attention of national officers to the urgent need to build a befitting school hall in addition to the provision of two solar street lights.

Mrs Buhari added that “our students have been presented for national and international competitions but their laptops are outdated. We will appreciate if all classes have learning devices”.

She presented to the National President, the award given to OGA in May, 2022 by Lagos State Government Education District 2, in recognition of the association’s valuable contributions to the district.

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The Exco later conducted on-the-spot assessment of the two schools, toured the computer rooms, staff rooms, sick bay, food court still under construction by 82set, Green House for vegetables, the library  which it was said lacked education software, Wikipedia materials, reference books on commerce, science and arts, among others.

The team also inspected an 184-bed hostel block being constructed by Lagos State Government for JSS students.