Education

Lawmaker disburses school fees to 35 students in Anambra

A member representing Awka South Two Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Honourable Chukwuma Okoye, has called on parents to use the holiday period to engage their children in meaningful ventures to safeguard them from acts capable of jeopardising their future.

The lawmaker made the call while presenting school fees to 35 students who secured first, second and third positions in the examinations conducted for hundreds of secondary school students who participated in one-month free holiday lessons organised by the legislator in seven communities that make up Awka South Two constituency

Speaking while presenting the cash to the beneficiaries, Honourable Okoye explained that the money covers their WAEC and school fees for the next academic session and charged the students to keep studying hard to achieve their dreams.

He further said that the gesture was his own way of keeping the students busy during the holiday as well as discouraging them from engaging in crime.

On his part, the coordinator, Honourable Chukwuma Okoye Free Holiday Lessons, Mr Chukwudubem Nwana, informed the gathering that students whose WAEC and school fees were paid are junior and secondary school students from various communities within Awka South Two Constituency and across Anambra State.

He disclosed that all the students that attended the one-month free holiday lessons were examined in English, Mathematics, Geography, Chemistry and Biology and the best candidates were selected and honoured.

Expressing appreciation to the legislator, a teacher from Community Secondary School, Amawbia, Mrs Mairian Okoye, described him as a lover of education who has always discharged his legislative duties to the satisfaction of his constituent and called on others to emulate him.

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