Silver Jubilee: Director of Shalom Academy advocates for qualitative education

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Dr Willy Onu, Director of Shalom Academy Nsukka (SAN) has advocated for qualitative education in the country in order to eliminate crime, corruption and ensure rapid development in the country.

Onu said this in Nsukka over the weekend during the 25th year anniversary ceremony and graduation of 2024 set of the academy, he said qualitative education deposits intellectual and spiritual contents in a person.

Onu explained that if qualitative education is imbibed corruption and crimes would be eliminated and the country would experience rapid development in all sectors of the economy.

“The escalating security challenges and corruption in the country is because majority of schools have failed to give qualitative education to our children in primary, secondary and higher institutions.

“Majority of schools give our children only intellectual education certificate that lacked spiritual content.

” Here in Shalom our education training is kristocentric that helped our graduates take wise and right decisions in life no matter the circumstance,”he said.

In a brief historical profile of the academy, the director said SAN was. established in October 4, 1999 with 135 students with vision and mission to raise children that would be academically excellent and spiritually impeccable.

“We have committed staff and our curricular is Nigerian, American and British combinations.

“Our students have made us proud as they have represented Nigeria many times in international competitions and performed creditably.

“In external exams our students have also excelled, Cynthia Ali our student in 2017 made West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) book of records when she scored 9As in all her subjects.

“This earned her scholarship from Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi the immediate past governor of Enugu State to study Medicine and Surgery at University of Nigeria Enugu Campus ,”he said.

Onu said graduation ceremony of the 2024 set of the academy falls within the 25 years anniversary of the academy.

“To my great shalomite and alumni, seeing you today is thing of joy taking into consideration our great interactions in the past when you were under our tutelage in the academy.

It’s my belief that at your duty posts your are good ambassadors of SAN,”he said.

The director admonished 2024 graduating students not to relent in living godly life and taking their tertiary education serious.

“Avoid peers that will change and destroy your good visions and missions here on earth.

” Keep to the Bible standard and fear of God you have learnt in this academy in every circumstance,”Onu advised.

In their separate remarks Associate Prof. Samson Agbaje and Prof Patience Osadebe from UNN who chaired the anniversary lecture and graduation of 2024 set respectively commended director and the wife Prof Vicky Onu, Director Shalom Group of Schools for maintaining intellectual excellence and high moral in the academy since establishment of SAN in 1999.

In a lecture titled “Qualitative Education as Vehicle to National Development” Mr Ben Nnam, the Chief Executive Officer, Feild Phase Group Estate Company said qualitative education would ensure sound education and high moral in pupils and students.
“Qualitative Education will equip them with required capacity to contribute their quota towards national development and good society.

Nnam who is an alumnus of SAN said it was the qualitative education and sound morals he acquired from the academy that made him what he is now.

“With qualitative education and sound moral you will be fortified to resist temptations in the society to be lured into corruption or crime.,”Nnam said.

In a remark Pastor Clement Olumide the Chairman of SAN Praents Teachers Forum (PTF) thanked God who used the director, the principal, staff, students and parents as instruments to sustain high academic standard and moral in the academy.

Olumide noted that PTF needed assistance from all stakeholders, spirited individuals, phílantropists to build well equipped science laboratories, IT units, arts and music studio,a hummer bus to ease logistics in the school among others.

Earlier, Mr Komolafe Olugbenga, the Principal of SAN recalled that the school started on October 4, 1999 with 14 teachers and 2 classrooms.

“In all, we give thanks to God for thus He has led us far, many hurdles and challenges have been crossed and life has been modelled to fit into our ever-yearning society.

“We are happy that our graduates scattered all over the world are doing us proud, the vision and mission of SAN will remain sacrosanct until Christ comes.

“On behalf of Staff and students I deeply appreciate all our parents that entrusted their children in our care, ” Olugbenga said.
Our Correspondent reports that, the three-day event featured anniversary lecture, novelty football match, graduation of 2024 set among other things.
Our Correspondent also reported that, Onuche Rita Ojonigwu was named as the best graduating student of 2024 set of SAN.
Highlight of the anniversary was cutting of Silver Jubilee cake.

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