renovates Blöck of classrooms

By Dayo Adesulu

AS part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, and activities to mark its 20th anniversary, Mind Builders School, has renovated a blöck of classrooms at Olowora Nursery and Primary School.

Speaking during the handover ceremony, the school’s Education Director, Mrs Bola Falore, lauded Lagos State Government and its Ministry of Education for formulating good educational policies that enable both public and private schools to thrive. She said the good policies were as a result of the value placed on education by the leadership.

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Falore said that while other states spend less than 10 per cent of their yearly budget on education, Lagos has repeatedly devoted between 11.36 per cent and 17.11 per cent to education.

“Unlike most states which have repeatedly devoted less than 10 per cent of their annual budget to the education sector, records show that in 2016 and 2017, Lagos State Government devoted 17.11 per cent and 11.36 per cent to Education sector respectively, while in the current year, the state has devoted 12.14 per cent of its total budget of N1.04 trillion to education. This shows that the state is very committed to ensuring that majority of its residents are well educated.”

Quoting Ivan Welton Fitwater who said that the future of the world is in the classroom today, Falore stated that if truly the future of the world is in the classroom, there is need to make the classrooms conducive for effective learning.

She said: “As a corporate entity and an education service provider, we understand the importance of learning in a child-friendly atmosphere and that was the reason 10 years ago, when our school was celebrating its 10th anniversary, we donated furniture worth N1 million to Ojodu Primary School.

This year, by God’s grace, our school has just clocked 20 years and we are still very committed to providing conducive classrooms, hence our decision to complement efforts of the state government by embarking on this CSR project of renovating a Blöck of classrooms at Olowora Nursery and Primary School, Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, Lagos.

“We discovered that the block of building which was constructed about 20 years ago, was no longer conducive for learning, hence our decision to embark on this renovation project.”

She urged corporate organisations, NGOs and well-meaning Nigerians to continue to complement the efforts of government in providing qualitative education and conducive learning environment for students.

In their reactions, the school’s Parents Teachers Association (PTA), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and students, applauded the gesture of Mind Builders School and promised to make judicious use of the classrooms.