The Nigerian Breweries/Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund has donated a digital language laboratory to Keke Senior High School, Agege, Lagos, in honour of Adeola Adefemi, the winner of the 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition.
Speaking during the handing-over ceremony held at the school premises in Agege, Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Sade Morgan, stated that the infrastructure would enhance the quality of teaching and improve learning outcomes in the school.
Morgan noted that the donation aligns with the corporate philosophy and CSR thrust of the Education Trust Fund through active participation in addressing infrastructural deficit in schools.
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Commending the school’s academic strides over the years, Morgan said: “I would like to acknowledge the academic excellence of this great citadel of learning, Keke Senior High School, which emerged the “Best Senior Secondary School” in the 2020 Lagos State Governor’s Quiz Competition and the winner of the 2024 Lagos Reads Inter-Schools Quiz Competition.”
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, praised Nigerian Breweries Plc for donating the language laboratory, which would help students and teachers access much-needed digital resources for educational advancement.
Alli-Balogun hailed the 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year for making both the school and the state proud with her exemplary performance.
Principal of Keke Senior High School, Agege, Mrs. Patience Aina, lauded the education trust fund for uplifting and rewarding excellence in teaching through the Maltina Teacher of the Year competition and also for donating a language laboratory to the school.
She also praised Adefemi for bringing honour to the school and urged her to be relentless in pursuing excellence, as it would inspire confidence among other teachers.
Adefemi thanked the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund for contributing its part to supporting education and the teaching profession with various interventions. She noted that the provision of the facilities would undoubtedly promote positive learning outcomes for the school.
As winner of the 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year, she received N6.5 million and a fully funded capacity development training trip to Tampere, Finland.