By Damola Kola-Dare
The President of St Teresa’s College, Ibadan, 65-69 set, Mrs. Titilayo Abiodun, has urged the government to return mission schools to the original owners — the missionaries, to arrest the dip in the quality of education.
She made this plea during the Fundraising Dinner held to commemorate 50 years of leaving their alma mater last Wednesday at the Darlington Hall, Ilupeju, Lagos.
“The education standard has fallen. When we went back to our school a couple of weeks ago, most of the students could not even speak correct English.
This is a call to the government to return mission schools to the missionaries. This will improve the poor standard we now have. Government cannot do everything alone,” she said.
She also said the old girls had renovated some classrooms, adding that the fundraising dinner was to make them double their efforts towards repositioning the school.
Mrs Abiodun said: “We went back to the school and renovated some classrooms. It is our way of giving back. This fundraising event will also help us to do more because want to renovate more classrooms and some other things.”
Mrs Abiodun said back in the good old days, the College offered them quality education as well as values.
“It has been 50 years since we left school. We still have the values of honesty and excellence inculcated in us. Sadly, that cannot be said of our country today.
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There is an erosion of values. We have lost our values. Nobody is honest anymore; people want to get rich without working.
Also speaking at the event,Mrs Yejide Wise, National President ,St Teresa’s College Old Girls Association, said members of the association would try their best to pass on the values they learnt to the next generation.
“As Teresians, we must continue the tradition of inclusiveness and excellence. We will try to inculcate the values of discipline, dignity and determination in the next generation,” she said.
The National Secretary STC Old Girls Association, Olori Bola Ajibola advised everyone to give back to their old schools, while urging the government to put systems in place for proper administration of schools and adequate funding.
Earlier in his address, Chairman of the occasion, Chief Dele Fajemirokun noted that the importance of giving back to the society could not be overemphasised.
Donations were made to further boost the activities of the 65-69 set.
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