Mr Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker, Ogun House of Assembly, on Saturday underscored the roles of old students associations in the development of educational institutions in the state, especially primary and secondary schools.
Oluomo stated this shortly after his inauguration as the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Anglican Grammar School Old Students Association, held at the school premises, Oke-Nla, Ifo in Ifo local government area.
The speaker noted assistance from ex-students would further complement government’s efforts at ensuring qualitative education system.
He explained that the increasing number of primary and secondary schools across the state required the supports of all old students associations to mobilize for the implementation of more infrastructure in their respective schools.
He added that it was important to support government’s intervention in the education sector, which he described as strategic to national development.
Oluomo explained that the expected roles of the association included but not limited to stimulating infrastructural renewal, establishment of developmental projects and internalisation of noble ideals in current students to leverage on for future career development.
He emphasised that alumni associations were best positioned by their present status to provide remedy to the developmental challenges in the schools.
The speaker assured that the school alumni association was committed to repositioning the school through construction and renovation of more facilities, with a view to creating a more conducive environment to aid quality learning.
Earlier, the President of the Association, Mr. Joseph Ifeanyi, who chronicled the history of the school being the pioneering graduating set, stated that over 7,000 students had so far graduated from the school since its conversion from modern to secondary school in1976.
Ifeanyi said the idea of having the association was to bring together all the old students, whose lives had been impacted at formative stages by the school system to pull resources together towards uplifting their alma mater.
