The Director of Creative kids Academy Kubwa, Abuja, Mrs Tawa Adedeji, has harped on the need for Nigerians especially the elite to support the government by engaging more in community services in order to provide a better environment for education.
Mrs Adedeji said this when the graduating pupils of Creative academy visited and donated desks to the LEA Nomadic Primary school Dutse Alhaji, Abuja.
According to her “when we first visited this school, we discovered that most of the children were sitting on the floor they don’t have enough seats, so we felt like a neighbour, we have to do something to help our community, so the children that are graduating this year decided to donate some desks.”
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She added, “when I look at the educational system, I discover that a lot of things are not right, children have the right to have the best of education and we need to support the government. I think its also our responsibility as citizens to help if we are in the position to”.
“We teach our pupils that it is their responsibility to make this country a better place. We decided that from their primary school they should start being responsible for the community. When they grow up with this and become the president or a senator, they would always want to go back to the grass root and help.”
Mrs Adedeji further hinted that the community service is an annual project embarked upon by the school graduating pupils. She said it was part of the school value system.
“Last year the graduating student donated to the Dutse health centre, bed sheets, high blood pressure machine and chairs for their visitors, and in the previous we donated to the police station, we gave them chairs also vest for traffic warders”, she said.
She also added that February 14th which is valentines day is observed as charity day in the school where every child goes out to orphanage homes visit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Meanwhile, Speaking on the need for more collaboration with government to better the education system, the headmistress of LEA Nomadic primary school, Dutse, Amaka Meheobi urged Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), parents and influential persons in the society to engage in community service.
She said, “The government is trying their best, we have so many schools and demands, that’s why we need more community services, NGOs, parents and other people to assist the government. we have to work hand in hand to carry the education forward to see that these children have a conducive environment for learning”.
Meheobi while expressing excitement as the pupils donated desks said one of the major challenges faced in the school was lack desks.
The head girl of the creative kids Academy, Faith Olawuyi while speaking said she is doing the community development to help other pupils and her community. She added that she would love to make schools better in every way needful in the future”.
In the same vein, the Head boy, Brian kelikume, explained that community service is a way of giving others an opportunity enjoyed. He said, ” In the future, I will build more schools, and help feed some school pupils.”
Another graduating pupil Nazeeya Idris spoke to our reporter said: “I am excited that we are giving helping hand to the needy, this is part of the value system the school has impacted on us and I am very happy”.
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