Dasaolu Challenges Grace School to Embrace Change, Growth to Succeed

The Director, Continuing Education Centre,Olabisi Onabanjo University, (OOU)Ago Iwoye, Ogun State Professor Babajide Dasaolu has underscored the need for students to embrace change and growth in life. He said this at the 2025 Graduation Ceremony of Grace High School, Gbagda, Lagos.

He stated that Change build strength and resilience, it teaches flexibility and adaptability and reveals new opportunities.Growth makes one become better socially, mentally and emotionally and makes one stretch beyond the limit in life

The eminent scholar, A Professor of African as Applied Ethics who was the Guest Speaker at the occasion also challenged the students never to ignore purpose as it is a silent whisper if acted upon ignites a spark in them to achieve purpose.Purpose is a catalyst to achieve one’s goals in life.

According to Dasaolu who was a former Sub -Dean , Faculty if Arts and former Head of Department of Philosophy in OOU, “Purpose is not something you wait for.It is something you work toward and over time, becomes your compass in life”

DASAOLU also urges the students to find their passion in life and pursue.

He counselled the students to embrace growth and change.

The importance of embracing both according to him is the need to become better and build resilience and strength in life

He asserted that the need to embrace change as the gateway to growth is very important.He further charge the students to soar in their pursuits,career, relationships and community service

The Executive Director, Grace Schools, Mrs Olatokunbo Edun says Grace High School has been synonymous with top notch academic standard.

The school according to her has continuously raised the bar of academic excellence.

Edun urged parents to show more commitment to the academic and moral well-being of their children.

Parents are expected to up the ante of parental guidance and monitoring in order to raise morally and socially upright leaders for the future.

She called on the government to support Private Educational institutions in the country.This has become necessary in view of huge investments made to provide infrastructural facilities to provide qualitative educational service delivery.