Education is the best legacy that parents and guardians can leave to their children and wards, both in developing and developed countries.
This is only true if parents and guardians know and appreciate the long-term values ​​and benefits of education and are therefore prepared to sacrifice their current comforts for the education of their children or wards.
Our children and neighborhoods are the leaders of tomorrow and therefore we as parents and guardians must raise them to greatness, although education at any level is not cheap.
The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) was established on December 11, 1946 by the United Nations to meet the emergency needs of children in postwar Europe and China and around the world.
But, UNICEF said that in Nigeria, with an estimated population of 200 million people, 10.5 million children in our country are not in school, saying “one in five children out of school in the world is from Nigeria “.
Primary education is officially said to be free and compulsory, yet children between the ages of 5 and 14 roam the streets of Nigeria, malnourished, sick and out of school, begging.
Let’s tell ourselves the truth, there are unregistered, unprofessionally managed, poorly equipped and mushroom-shaped schools in the developing and developed countries of the world.
There are also professionally run and well-equipped schools in Nigeria and elsewhere.
Although the UNICEF statistic is not just limited to Nigeria, as the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and other developed countries also have their fair share of numbers of children out of school.
Independent checks and verifications showed, however, that there are more than 20 million children and young people in nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary schools in our beloved country.
However, in Nigeria, one of the many schools that is doing a fantastic job is located along the Lagos-Abeokuta axis of Ifo, in Ogun State and was founded by Pastor G. O Odunoye, who is also the Executive Director.
The schools: St George Comprehensive College and St George Foundation School, are raising children for future greatness and thus helping the government at various levels to close the educational gap.
A visit by this writer to his school located at Parcel 13, Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway, opposite the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ashimolowo, Bungalow, Ifo in Ogun State, Nigeria, revealed a school and foundation that are based in God with discipline as a watchword. for each student, staff and management.
His words: “Investing in your child’s or ward’s education is a worthwhile investment that will yield rich returns over time.”
So UNICEF’s 10.5 million out of school children are a cause for concern and this is why we set up our school to bridge the gap and partner with government at various levels to help raise standards in our education sector.
But getting the right school to shape your children’s character, using God as the foundation with discipline as the backing, takes time, resources, and effort.
We at St George Foundation School, the nursery, nursery and primary school arm and St George Comprehensive College, the secondary school arm, both have what it takes to partner with parents and guardians to raise their children and pupils to greatness.
“As long as we love all students equally in the school, we will not hesitate to punish any student involved in any form of indifference or social vice.” Pastor Odunoyo is a tried and tested man of God from the Apostolic Church fold and said recently that “many, many prayers have supported the school since it was established.”
The fear of God, hard work, discipline, honesty, patriotism, a high ethical standard, mental agility, versatility, are some of the key words by which the schools stand out.
The vision, mission and philosophy of the school are based on the use of the best and most modern teaching methods to prepare students for various tasks in the future, producing individuals who are serious in both learning and character for future leadership positions and striving to set high ethical standards. and religious orientation for students.