Education: Only Collective Obligation Can Serve as Catalyst for Educational Devt, Says Varsity Don

Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo

Erudite educationalist, Prof. Muibat Olabisi Bello, has made it clear that only collective obligation can serve as catalyst for overall development of education in the country.

Professor Bello who stated this yesterday at a lecture delivered at the 50th Anniversary of Ansar-Ud-Deen High School, Ejigbo, Osun State, also harped on the fact that individuals should know that development does not lie solely in the hands of the government or school authorities, saying it is a shared task.

The university don who spoke on the theme “Alumni and Development of Alma Matter: A collective Responsibility” posited that Alumni holds a unique and powerful position and know that their involvement whether through mentorship, financial support, or moral encouragement can transform lives and preserve desired legacies.

She however spelt out several of the roles of Alumni in the development of Alma matter which include enhancement of knowledge through education support, empowering individual and society, being an ambassador of truth by proper representation and guardians of the legacy.

She contended that others include intellectual and leadership contributions, networking and outreach while development of Alma matter can be attained through endorsement, support, voluntary charity, volunteering and expertise, advocacy and public relations and as well as supplication.

She therefore advised that Alumni can be established with a dedicated Trust Fund, mentorship programs to assist students and retired teachers for the development of education in the country.

In his own message at the anniversary, the president of the Ansar-Ud- Deen High School Ejigbo (AUDOSA), Abdulmajeed Opatokun, said the fifty years in the life of an institution was not a small feat.

He posited it was a testimony of resilience, progress, unity, and the sustaining power of vision.

Opatokun however remarked that as the Alumni marked 50th Anniversary, they must renew their commitment to sustaining the vision and mission of the founding fathers and that their dreams were not mere ambitions, but were rooted in a deep desire to raise generations of leaders, thinkers, and nations builders.

Also, in her speech at the occasion titled, “A Legacy of Excellence: Redefining the Present and Reshaping the Future,” the school principal, Mrs. R.A Folaranmi, noted that for a century, the school has been far more than a place of learning, it has been a guiding light and a place where a character is shaped, talents are nurtured and young minds are set on the right path.

She equally reminded the current students that they are the heartbeat of the present and the inheritors of the extraordinary legacy.

Also, Ambassador Sunday Ajala, the school senior prefect between 1975-1980 commended all the Alumni for their dreams for the institution, saying they should not relent in their efforts to make the school attractive to both Nigerians and the people in diaspora.