NGO distributes free textbooks, study materials to 120 pupils in Imo

The Centre for Social Awareness, Advocacy and Ethics (CSAAE) has distributed free study materials to 120 pupils in Imo for the start of the 2025/2026 academic session.

The study materials were distributed to pupils across all senatorial districts of the state during the CSAAE’s Imo Back-to-School Kits Project 1.0 2025 ceremony at the Umueze Community Primary School on Thursday.

They included Textbooks, Notebooks, Pens, Pencils, Sharpeners, Erasers, Crayons, Shoes, School bags, Water bottles and Rulers, among others.

Handing over the materials to the beneficiaries, the Executive Director of CSAAE, Rev. Fr Dr Godswill Agbagwa, supported by a board member of the CSAAE, Rev. Fr Dr Jude Ike, thanked Fidelity Bank Plc and other individual donors for their support.

He also commended the management of the Imo State Universal Education Board (IMSUBEB) represented by the Secretary, Mr Chuks Metu, for attending the event while promising to ensure improved quality primary education delivery in Imo state. 

 He expressed his appreciation to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) for identifying with the worthy cause.

He said: “it is what we do best. We have equipped up to hundred poor pupils from across rural Imo state with one full academic year school kit including shoes, notebooks, textbooks, and others”

He said: “up to a hundred more pupils received books and other learning materials to support their education, C-EDU’s back to school project is an ongoing project. It will end when all pupils in Nigeria and Africa have adequate learning materials*.

According to him C-EDU (cedu.csaaeinc.org) is there education management and service initiative that seeks to achieve quality, inclusive and affordable primary education delivery in Nigeria through a combination of project and market based approaches.

Speaking, the representative of Imo State Universal Education Board Mr. Chucks Metu thanked the CSAAE for their humanitarian assistance and promised that the Government would continue to provide the enabling environment with good governance initiatives to support such efforts.

While the Head Mistress of the Umueze Community Primary School, Mrs Chinyere Onuegbu, decried the paucity of teachers in the school and poor remuneration of teachers.

She however expressed the hope that given the recent upward review of the state’s minimum wage, teachers would heave a sigh of relief upon its implementation.

Adding her voice, the C-Edu’s Program Officer, Miss Blessing Bodunde described the project as reflective of her lifelong passion – ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to quality education.

She said: “Especially in rural communities like this, no child should be denied the chance to learn simply because they lack basic school materials. Today, we are not only giving out kits, but also giving hope. We are telling every child here: your dreams are valid, and we believe in your future”.

She said this is only the beginning, Project 1.0; assuring that with there continued support, there will be a 2.0, 3.0, and many more, while informing then that the next one might even be in Ekiti State.

One of the beneficiaries, Miss  Ojiaku-Alphonsus Deborah Ngozichukwu, a Basic 4 pupil of Mmahu Community School,Ohaji-Egbema thanked the CSAAE for providing her with academic support and proposed to justify the confidence reposed in her by being more studious.

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