Students return from tour to Singapore

Students of Grace High School, Lagos, who went on a two-week educational tour of Singapore are back to the country.

Speaking of the trip, the School Administrator, Mrs. Tokunbo Edun, said education has gone beyond rudimentary ability to read and write, but production of complete personalities who can make positive impact and turn the society around for good.

“Our students can only achieve much if they interact with the best from other climes. At Grace High School, we understand that the world is now a global village and therefore prepare our students to have global outlook, which is one of the reasons for our international exchange programme with top schools across the globe.”

Edun, while explaining the reason for the trip, said: “We were in Singapore because this is a country that, at a time, was on the same level of development with Nigeria, but has since made giant strides that has placed her in the league of developed nations of the world. Our thinking for this exchange programme with a top school in Singapore is that our students can learn from the pragmatic educational system that has produced best brains that turned around the fortunes of Singapore from developing to a developed nation. “Our believe is that if Nigeria must attain her lofty vision of joining the league of developed economies in the nearest future, then her young minds must not be push-overs,” she added.

Mrs. Edun explained that the exchange programme is designed to challenge their students to be the possible best they can, particularly because of the school’s belief that a society is a reflection of her educational system.

While in Singapore, the students were involved in both academic exercises and other extra mural activities.

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