The old students of Ebenezer Comprehensive High School (ECHS) Ijaiye-Ojokoro area of Lagos State have celebrated their 40th anniversary of graduation from the school.
The celebration held amid wild jubilation, memories and reflection and a reconnection point for the 1984 set of the school in the last four decades.
The event which held in Lagos was also an opportunity for the old students to celebrate and appreciate some of their teachers who graciously honoured the event in excitement.
Speaking at the event, National President of Ebenezer Comprehensive High School Old Students Association (ECHSOSA), Captain Makinde Michael Ayokunle, emphasised need to prioritise support for alma mater in the interest of nation’s educational development.
Besides, Ayokunle decried increasing moral decadence among present-day students, urging parents to create time for their wards and children.
“Educational value in those days is obviously missing in present days. The fact that most state’s schools had boarding facility then limited our chances of being wayward because we were given close markings by both teachers and parents. How many state-owned school has boarding facility today? This, coupled with poor parenting these days have encouraged delinquency among the youths such that most of them are now only interested in making quick money.”
Also speaking, President of the 1984 set, Olusegunfunmi Murphy Owode, extolled the ability of the school to live-up to and achieve the tenets for which it was established- academic excellence.
“The testimony of the school is evident in what we all have become today.”
On his part, Chairman, Planning Committee, Olufemi Tejumade, expressed the set’s commitment to ECHS growth as earlier demonstrated through donation of items such as laboratory, library and provision of scholarship to indigent students.
