23rd February, 2016
Funsho Arogundade
MultiChoice Nigeria has once again demonstrated its commitment to enhancing education in Nigeria with its resource center intervention, through the donation of digital learning aids to 22 schools in Ogun State.
The 22 schools are Abeokuta Girls’ Grammar School, Abeokuta; African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta (Jnr.); Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode; Ansarudeen Comprehensive College, Ota; Baptist Boys’ High School, Abeokuta; Makun High School, Sagamu; Odogbolu Grammar School, Odogbolu; Owode High School, Egba Owode; Our Lady of Apostles, Ijebu Ode; and Yewa College, Ilaro.
Others include Multilateral Grammar School(Jnr), Okun Owa; Ikenne Community High School(Snr), Ikenne; Ijebu-Ode Grammar School(Jnr), Ijebu-Ode; Community Grammar School, Owu-Ikija(Snr); Oronna High School(Snr), Ilaro; N.U.D. Grammar School(Jnr), Solu; Government Science and Technical College, Igbesa; Comprehensive High School, Ayetoro(Snr); Asero High School, Asero(Snr), Asero; Agunbiade Victory High School(Snr), Magbon; St. Peter’s College, Abeokuta and St. Peter’s Catholic Private College, Abeokuta.
The intervention, a corporate social investment (CSI) initiative dubbed the MultiChoice Resource Centre (MRC) project, involves the provision of a TV set, DStv Explora decoder, satellite dish, a power generating set, uninterrupted power system (UPS), sets of chairs and tables for the laboratory, and other equipment, at no cost to the beneficiary schools.
The intervention is also to avail students access to educational institutions TV channels that include Discovery World, Channel ED, National Geographic, History Channel and Mindset.
The project, introduced to improve the knowledge levels and understanding of technical subject areas by students, is in its twelfth year and has been launched in 363 schools in 31 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Mrs Modupe Mujota, Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, while expressing appreciation to MultiChoice Nigeria for the donation, said the resource centre will make teaching and learning interesting, delightful and empowering.
She noted that the donation of the resource centres is an endorsement of youth-oriented initiatives in educational development in the state.
The commissioner charged principals, teachers and students of the schools to use the facility to upgrade their academic performance in the state.
“I charge beneficiary schools to ensure that this gift contributes immensely to an improvement in academic performance in various examinations, especially the school certificate examination,” she remarked.
While urging other corporate bodies to emulate the kind gesture of MultiChoice, Mujota appealed to beneficiary schools to make maintenance their watch word.
Efe Obiomah, who represented John Ugbe, Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, said MultiChoice launched the project with a view to improving the standard of education in public schools in the country primarily, and to give back to its host community.
“MultiChoice as a company believes that improving the standard of education of its host community is one of the ways by which the company, a socially-responsible organization, can create value for the community. We have a strong conviction that the technological, economic, and socio-political advancement of any country and her future are intrinsically tied to the quality of education that the youth are exposed to,” Obiomah explained.
She noted that MultiChoice intends to take the learning resource centres to all the states of the federation.
The MultiChoice Resource Centres was started in 2004 with launch in Abuja and Lagos State.