Oando Foundation renovates another Kaduna overpopulated school

 Oando Foundation has renovated a block of three classrooms at the LEA Primary School, Rido in Kaduna, which is  one of the over-populated primary schools in Kaduna with a population of over 300 pupils per class. The LEA Primary School, Rido, and LEA Primary School in Rigasa, Kaduna are known for overcrowding pupils with over […]

 Oando Foundation has renovated a block of three classrooms at the LEA Primary School, Rido in Kaduna, which is  one of the over-populated primary schools in Kaduna with a population of over 300 pupils per class.

The LEA Primary School, Rido, and LEA Primary School in Rigasa, Kaduna are known for overcrowding pupils with over 300 pupils per class.

The foundation presented the block of three classrooms, an ICT Centre and toilet facility to the LEA Primary School Rido, school authority on Wednesday.

Village Head of Rido community, Alhaji Hamisu Haruna commended the effort of the foundation saying it would reduce current congestion of over 300 pupils per class.

He said that the school, built in the 1960s and with a population of about 2,000 pupils, has only seven classrooms, stressing that much would be required to bridge the gap.

Head of the foundation, Mrs Adekanla Adegoke, said the foundation has also equipped  80 primary schools in 22 states and the FCT, in its efforts to boost access to quality education in the country.

She said the foundation has initiated a programme tagged Adopt-A-School Initiative (AASI), aimed at  holistic improvement of public primary schools.

“AASI was initiated in 2007 in partnership with the Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education Boards in line with Oando Foundation’s mission of transforming lives through education.

“AASI is focused on improving the overall quality of basic education in public primary schools and to create a sustainable model for effective teaching and learning in all adopted schools,” she stated.

She said that the 80 schools chosen for renovation and kitting are in Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Kaduna, Katsina, Kwara and Lagos states.

Others are in Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, and the FCT.

She disclosed that the foundation had adopted two schools in Kaduna state, namely LEA Primary School, Rido, and LEA Primary School Rigasa.

 “We equally offered scholarship to 22 students to support their secondary education, provided over 1,000 units of teaching and learning materials to strengthen the quality of teaching and learning in the school,” she added.

Executive Chairman of SUBEB, Malam Nasir Umar thanked the foundation for the gesture, saying that “education is a collective responsibility”.

Represented by a Permanent Member of the board, Mrs Mary Ambi, the chairman called on other corporate organizations to emulate the gesture.