Girl-child education, a critical issue we don’t joke with – LASG

The Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Yetunde Odejayi has said that girl-child education is a critical issue vital for national development.

She said the state government was not relaxing on this and that the government was putting every resource together to encourage it in the state.

She disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 2018 leadership summer camp for girls in secondary school across Education District 1 of Lagos State. Over 1,000 students are participating in the summer camp. The programme held at the Government College, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos was organised by a non-governmental organisation; Ornament of Grave and Virtue, OGAV.

While expressing her joy and excitement over the initiative, the Perm. Sec. stated that organising such a programme towards girl-child development was a worthwhile investment, as it would go a long way in changing their mindset towards their career in life and helped the nation in general to avert poverty.

Odejayi, therefore, encouraged the school girls to take advantage of the knowledge they would gain in the week-long summer camp. She also prayed that they would fulfill God’s purpose for their lives, while encouraging them to work hard and be prayerful.

In her address, the founder of The Ornaments of Grace and Virtue, Mrs. Olubusola Kolade said the NGO had empowered over 1,000 school girls on career exploration, saying the aim was for them to take charge of their career themselves without their parents choosing for them.

She said the days where parents choose career for girls were over, adding that the NGO was not replacing the Teachers’ Education, saying that they were into learning beyond classrooms, an initiative which is in the co-curriculum programme for girls in secondary schools.