Awka—AS part of activities to mark the 90th  anniversary of Dennis Memorial Grammar School, DMGS, Onitsha, the old boys of the school have planned an endowment fund of N500 million for the upgrading of the school.

DMGS was founded by the Church Missionary Society in 1925 in memory of Archdeacon T.J. Dennis, one of the early missionaries who remarkably achieved the feat of translating the English Bible into Igbo language, but died before the work was completed.

It is the oldest secondary school in Igbo land and over the years, the old students of the school had been putting up structures, most of which will be commissioned this weekend when the old boys gather for their convention in the school.

President-General of DMGS Old Boys Association, Chief Gibson Okeke , an Engineer, told reporters at a pre-convention briefing in Onitsha that over N400 million had been invested in the school in the past five years, with the old boys contributing over N300 million.

One of the projects to be commissioned during the convention this weekend is a hostel block that can accommodate 1000 students, which was  singlehandedly funded by an old boy, Dr. Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi.

Okeke commended the state government’s hand-over of schools to their original missionary owners, adding that it had helped to improve the standard of education and moral upbringing.