Olashore
International School has introduced online podcast for students
preparing for IGCSE in order to help them improve on International
subjects. This was made known by the principal of the school at an
interview session during the Speech and Prize Giving Day celebration,
recently held at Illoko-Ijesha, Osun State.
According
to the principal, “Currently we have lots of projects going on. This
year we involved technology by introducing iPads for learning. We have
that for the teachers and for students so that by 2016 they will be used
to the system of working with the iPads. In the senior classes, we
already introduced Online Podcast for students offering IGSCE subjects.
It will help them to improve on international subjects. This applies to
majorly Year 12 students. We will be running with Year 10 and 11
students by next session. The Podcast is used in variety of ways. For
example, the podcast is online so whether they are in school or at home
they can use it. We recommend the teachers to give them the playlist of
podcast of various topics in various subject, so they can read up. It’s
similar to the playlists that all these young people use. It can also be
used in form of videos such that the teachers can use them for
introduction of a topic in classrooms during lessons. They can’t use
them during exams but they can use them for revisions before going in
for exams”.
The
Guest Speaker, at the Speech and Prize Giving Day event, Dr Yemi
Ogunbiyi, while speaking on ‘The Challenges of the Future’ narrated the reminiscence of his becomings as a of encouraging the students and however
congratulated the prize-winners in the different categories. His words:
“I would like to congratulate parents and friends of new entrants to
this great school. But my biggest congratulations must go to the real
stars of the day, our prize-winners in the different categories.
Obviously, today’s prize-winners are true representatives of the best
that this school stands for: hard-work, commitment to excellence, good
manners, industry, integrity, self-motivation and a sense of service to
others. And for those of you who would not be receiving prizes today, I
urge you not to give up. Speech and Prize-giving day is a special
occasion. It is an event that provides the chance to reflect on the
highlights of the year and to look forward to new opportunities and the
adventures awaiting all of you, especially those of you who are about to
leave school next June and embark on a new phase of your lives”.
The
best prize winner in this year’s Prize-Giving Day Miss Mofiyinfoluwa
Okupe, a 16year old girl in year 12 students and the Media Prefect who
clinched awards in 9 subjects, x-rayed her feelings as the best awardee.
“It’s a very satisfying feeling being one of the awardees and
specifically the best awardee. I feel happy and fulfilled and I feel
humbled because I recognize that it’s not my efforts alone that brought
me here. It’ s a combined effort of my teachers, my friends, and of
course God. There’s a lot of hard work and dedication involved, a lot of
midnight
self -readings and group readings because no man is an Island, amongst
others, that were inculcated to attain this height. Olashore has
inculcated in me the ability of hard work and competition, never to sit
back and relax. Olashore School keeps you going, doesn’t allow you to
just be complacent. The School community as a whole, encourages
dedication and steadfast work. I hope to be the best graduating student
by the end of the session when I would be graduating from the school,
and I really hope to put all the effort it takes to get that result. My
advice for my juniors coming behind me is for them to work very hard
because it’s not easy and a lot of times, they have to make sacrifices,
such that while others are playing and catching fun, they should sit
back and be focused. Focus is very important because that’s the main aim
of what we are here to do. Never allow yourself to be side-tracked by
unnecessary side attractions. So focus, hard work, and of course keeping
God in all your plans and studies is what I preach to them”.
In
order to add spice to the event, a street within the school was named
after one of the active Foundation Board of Governor members. The
Chairman, Olashore International School, Prince Abimbola Olashore,
reiterates “Olashore is a school that believes in appreciating all those
who have contributed in one way or the other to the growth of the
school. Naming one of the streets of the School after Mallam Saleh Jambo
was one of the things we thought we could use to honour him, being one
of the active and supportive members of the Foundation Board of
Governors. When the school was about to start, him and Kabieyesi were
the ones who sat down to discuss the strategy of the school. Even the
first principal of the school was to be employed; he was the one who
went to intervene on behalf of Kabieyesi in the UK. Also when he saw the
location of the school and saw the difficulty of getting students, he
donated six (6) coaster buses for transporting the students all around
and he was a very active member of the board. And I think it is needful
to remember all those who made contributions at one time or the other.
If we don’t name it after him, people may not know his contributions to
the school”.
L-R:
Chairman, Board of Governors, Olashore International School, Prince
Abimbola Olashore, Best Awardee, Mofiyinfoluwa Okupe, Guest Speaker, Dr
Yemi Ogunbiyi, the Head Boy/one of the awardees, Patrick Unokiwedi, and
the Principal Olashore International School, Mr Derek Smith, at the
Speech and prize-Giving Day organized by the school recently at
illoko-ijesha
Mallam
Saleh Jambo’s children Mr Bashir Jambo, and Mrs Aisha Jambo-Dikko,
unveiling the “Mallam Saleh Jambo Way”, a street within the Olashore
school compound, named in honour of their father who was one of the
Founding Board of Governors in Olashore International School, recently
at Olashore International school’s Prize Giving Day in illoko-ijesha,
Osun State
The Principal, Olashore International School, Mr Derek Smith, during an interview.
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