The National Secretary of the Islamic High School Orita Bashorun, Ibadan, Old Student Association, (IHSOSA), Abideen Lasun Ladeji has urged members of the association not to leave the development of education and school alone to the government but to contribute their quota and work in unity for the progress of their Alma mater.
While speaking at the annual end of the year get together of 1992 sets of the school in Ibadan, Ladeji said members of the old student of the school should endevour in all their effort to complement the efforts of the state government in the educational section which he believes will lift the school from its present poor condition and restore its lost glory.
“I believe that the government alone cannot transform education in the country but with the help of every individual. If every citizen of this great nation decided to contribute his or her own little quota to the development of education by taking care of our Alma mater, it would go a long way in raising the standard of education in the country,” Ladeji said.
Speaking in the same vein, the principal of the school, Babatunde Fasasi, who singled out the 1992 set for praise urged all other sets of the school to emulate the ’92 sets for their positive development of the school.
“When I first arrived newly at this school, I was warmly welcomed by the ’92 sets and since then they have been part and parcel of the development of the school in their own little way.
“I can remember vividly that the jersey donated to the school during one of the ’92 sets member, Ambassador Romoke Ayinde’s birthday celebration, was the tonic that propelled the school team to a good finished in the recently concluded Principal’s Cup and I believe that if every old student contributes his or her quota to the development of the school, the sky will only be the beginning of greater things for the school,” Fasasi said.
Chairman of the organising committee for the annual get together, Alhaji Saheed Yagboyaju while addressing the gathering called on the members to have a plan for their departed mates and it was unanimously agreed that there will be a contribution that will be shared among the families of the departed colleagues.
In her observation on what could further uplift the school, Amb Romoke Ayinde said the old students should find a way to curb truancy among present students by providing a kind of bukataria in the school to stop them from roaming about in the name of going to buy things.
“Whenever I pass the school area, I usually see students of the school going around during school hours just to buy food or snacks.
“Since the government has upgraded the school to a model school, I see no reason why we the old students cannot provide a kind of shop in place where the students will be able to buy whatever they need instead of roaming about on the streets,” Amb Ayinde said.
The gathering again unanimously agreed to build a bukataria and donate it to the school.
Present at the event included the outgoing president, Dr Isiaq Omotosho, Mr Fasasi, Mr. Abideen Lasun, Mrs. Rashidat Sharumi, Alhaji Chief Saheed Yagboyaju among others.
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