The Executive Director, Corporate Services, UAC Nigeria Plc, Mr. Joe Dada has vowed that the company will do her best to stem the falling education sector in Nigeria. Speaking at the round-off ceremony of the 2013 free holiday coaching organised by UAC under its Goodness League initiative for students of secondary schools in Lagos State, Dada noted that the quest by UAC to arrest the situation has been on since 2008.

He stated that one of the ways outlined by its organisation was to organise free holiday lessons for students of secondary school in line with the company’s corporate social responsibilities via the Goodness League initiative by also providing educational infrastructure for schools in the country.

Dada explained that the way it is handles it is by slating the coaching classes only on weekends for six weeks simultaneously at two locations – Gbagada Senior Grammar School, Lanre Awolokun Street and Newland Senior Secondary School, Ajegunle. According to him, thus far, they have recorded huge turnout of students from about 30 different schools.

He lauded the Lagos State Government for supporting the scheme saying, “Participating students are to ensure that the free weekend classes initiative is not a destination, but rather a springboard for them to realise their educational aspirations and goals.

“UAC in realising the goals of the Goodness League adopted both the hard and soft issues. While the hard issues focus on provision of equipment and infrastructure development, the soft issues involve active engagement in the teaching and instruction of students through a Volunteer Scheme. “So far, UAC’s Schools Support Programme has benefitted the following schools – St Finbarr’s College, Akoka and CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos; Rumfa College, Kano; Government Secondary School, Gwale, Kano; Government College, Kaduna and Alhudahuda College, Zaria.