The Parent Teacher Association of the King’s College, Lagos, has inaugurated four projects aimed at improving teaching and learning.
According to the Chairman of the association, Mr Sunday Ameh, the projects are PTA-funded JS3 hostel, a liaison office, a laundry office and a lost-but-found centre.
Ameh who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos, added that all the projects were located on the Victoria Island campus of the college.
NAN reports that the main campus of the college is located near the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.
According to Ameh, the liaison office doubles as the office overseeing distribution of students’ mid-day meals.
He said the office would also cater for some other needs of parents and students as well as facilitate coordination of activities in both campuses of the college.
“I am very proud of parents in this college for the maximum support they have shown in ensuring we construct and inaugurate these projects targeted at effective learning outcomes for our children.
“We just had our general meeting for the term, and we decided to seize the occasion to commission about four projects that are very necessary for our children.
“Aside the liaison office, other projects we inaugurated include PTA JS3 hostel and the laundry office that will be handling all issues concerning laundry.
“On popular demand too, we also inaugurated a ‘lost but found’ centre. It has been discovered that some of our JS1 students often report missing items such as schoolbags, shoes, uniforms and even books.
“We have launched a centre, where they can conveniently go and recover those things. Parents can also come, retrieve and hand them over to dry cleaners,” he said.
Ameh added that a five-storey PTA building at the main campus of the college was undergoing renovation.
He said his administration was committed to infrastructure development and had sought collaboration with key stakeholders.
“The children belong to us; therefore, as key stakeholders, we need to step in and play our part in our own little corner to ensure that our children get the best.
“We have 56 teachers employed by the association. This is leaving a huge impact on our lean purse.
“I call on the Federal Government to absorb these teachers so that we could divert the funds used in paying them to capital projects in the college for an improved teaching and learning environment,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Principal of the college, Mr Andrew Agada, said six teachers recently left the college to seek greener pasture overseas.
He said the college was in dire need of teachers, especially for core subjects such as English Language, mathematics and sciences.
“I will say that King’s College needs not less than 50 teachers. We are appealing to government to intervene urgently.is government to intervene urgently.is not resting on its oars in ensuring that these needs are taken care of.
“Let me also commend the PTA of the college for their support and collaboration in ensuring that our children get the best of learning experience, as displayed in the various projects it has carried out on both campuses,” Agada said.
