International educational consultancy, All Things Education Consultants (ALTECS), says it is accelerating plans to expand its support initiatives beyond Lagos as part of a broader strategy to deepen impact across Nigeria’s schooling system.
Responding to questions on the organisation’s long-term vision, Director, Emmanuel Oyedeji Awe, said the firm’s “brilliant ambition” is to achieve a national spread that will allow more schools benefit from its educational and extracurricular interventions.
Awe explained that although ALTECS has been visible mainly in sports-based projects since its entry into Nigeria, its mandate covers the entire spectrum of education.
“Our remit includes everything educational,” he said. “We have long identified the importance of infusing extracurricular activities with academics.
Beyond football, we plan to organise one of the biggest festivals that will encompass Music, Drama, Arts, and Sport, aimed at showcasing the incredible talents that our youngsters possess in these areas outside of the classroom and on the pitch. We want to equip our young learners with exceptional qualities that set them apart globally.”
He added that while nurturing academic pathways for students, ALTECS intends to simultaneously help them acquire lifelong skills needed for international studies and global competitiveness.
On concerns that the firm has mainly supported already-established private schools, particularly the recent donation of sports kits to the British International School (BIS), Lagos, Awe said the criticism is understandable but misplaced. “As someone who grew up in similar environments as children in less-privileged schools, giving back remains a core of our intentions,” he said.
According to him, partnerships with top-tier schools are “mutually beneficial” and consistent with global practices. He noted that leading institutions such as Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, MIT, etc., still receive high-value donations despite their huge endowments and capital base, stressing that “Nigeria should not be an exception.”
During the BIS presentation, the school’s basketball coach, George Ipe, lauded the gesture, describing it as the first of its kind in his two years at the institution.
Ipe said the kits have become a fresh source of motivation for students.
“To whom much is given, much is expected,” he said. “The students know they now have more to do and more to give in terms of their performance on the court.”
He thanked All Things Education Consultants (ALTECS) for the gesture on behalf of the school community.
Awe assured that ALTECS will continue to support schools across varying categories as it expands its footprint in Nigeria, saying the organisation is poised to “change the entire landscape of educational consultancy in the country.”