Old Boys association facilitates digital centre in Kwara alma mater

The 1984 set of Omu-Aran Government Secondary School Old Boys Association (OGSSOBA), Irepodun local government area of Kwara state, has presented 40 sets of computers and scholarship awards to 14 students who distinguished themselves in their academics.

Presenting the computer to the school on behalf of his set, Dr Pitan Adeboye, said the intention is to support their alma mater in imparting sound education to students.

Dr. Adeboye also said that his set facilitated the setting up of the Digital Nigeria Centre in the school through the Universal Service Provision Fund to promote learning of ICT.

He added that the Universal Service Provision Fund designed the Digital Nigeria Centres project to provide a platform for accessing online and offline educational resources.

He also said that the project was to, among others, encourage the adoption of ICT as a learning platform in public secondary schools so as to create 21st-century skills.

He also said the Digital Nigeria Centre is to serve as an avenue to assist in the training of students to acquire ICT skills and bridge the digital divide.

In his remarks, a former National President of Omu-Aran Government Secondary School Old Boys Association (OGSSOBA), Mr Segun Adeniyi, advised the school authority to handle the centre with utmost care to be able to serve the purpose it meant to serve.

Adeniyi also talked about the resolution of the Old Boys to attract projects that would enhance the learning of 21st-century skills in their alma mater.

He also advised students to pay attention to their academic pursuits, explaining that the only legacy their parents could bequeath to them is education.

The school principal, Pastor Ajewole Isaac, had in remarks expressed gratitude to the 1984 set for facilitating the project to the school, saying that it would go a long way in exposing students to ICT knowledge.

He also appealed to the school’s Old Boys Association to continue to assist the school, saying that the government alone could not shoulder the responsibility of ensuring quality education across the board.

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