… Adopts Oraukwu CS School
Innovative mobile
telecom operator, Etisalat Nigeria, has concluded tertiary scholarship
programme nationwide, reports ITRealms.
This, ITRealms gathered
is in continuation of its commitment to the development of the education sector
and the economy at
large, just as Etisalat, has adopted Oraukwu Community Secondary School in
Idemili-North Local Government Area of Anambra State, South -East Nigeria under
its Corporate Social Responsibility-based Adopt-a-School initiative.
The Etisalat
Adopt-a-School initiative avails pupils and students in government-owned
primary and secondary schools access to qualitative education with access to a
range of modern education facilities.
Confirming these
developments, Director, Regulatory and Corporate Social Responsibility,
Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Ikenna Ikeme, said the telecoms firm is glad to add a new
school to the growing list of schools under its Adopt-a-School Programme, just
as he commended the education authorities in the state for choosing to partner
with the company for the development of the younger generation through access
to qualitative education.
He also said that the
initiative is borne out of the company’s commitment to leverage the potentials
of quality education to drive the sustainable development programme of the
nation. “In Etisalat, we recognize the fact that education is the bedrock of
any meaningful development; that is why we have made education one of our three
CSR platforms.”
“The initiative is
aimed at providing an environment conducive for learning which will bring out
the best in our pupils. We are committed to driving sustainable
development and one of the key platforms on which that can be achieved is
education. Like our other adopted schools, we will implement key
components that will ensure sustainable impact on the quality of education in
Oraukwu Community Secondary School,” Ikenna said.
He explained that under
the Adopt-a-School initiative, Etisalat renovated class rooms and toilets,
provided clean water, internet facilities, furniture, laboratory equipment and
many more to the three existing adopted schools namely Government Girls’ College
Dala, Kano State, Edward Blyden Memorial Primary School and Akande Dahunsi
Memorial Junior and Senior School, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
In addition, he said,
Etisalat has concluded the 2016 Merit Awards Scholarship Scheme with the presentation
of Scholarship certificates to students in four Universities across the
country.
The benefiting
universities include Modibbo Adamawa University of Technology, Niger Delta
University, Bayelsa State, Enugu State University of Science and Technology,
Enugu and Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto.
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