LASACO Assurance Plc has supported the Lagos Empowerment and Resource Network (LEARN) to organise and facilitate the 2014 summer school programme.
According to the company, the support for the programme that is meant to keep students off the street during the holidays, was part of its strategic initiative aimed at building the LASACO brand through corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Apart from students taking tutorials in their regular subjects, the summer school programme was also designed to impart practical skills to make students self-reliance and inculcate in them entrepreneurial skills in different areas in life.
These skills include shoe making, bead making, event decoration, barbing, catering, soap making, photography; among others.
Speaking on the initiative, LASACO’s General Manager, Mr. Biodun Dosunmu, who represented the Group Managing Director, Mr. Olusola Ladipo-Ajayi, said LASACO believed that tomorrow would be secured if future leaders are properly groomed and nurtured through investment in their education and empowerment with practical skills to make them self-reliant.
“Our support for LEARN has been on in the last three to four years due to LASACO’s believe in being a socially responsible corporate organisation as well as sustaining the legacy of its former chairman, late Chief Akin Leigh, who initiated the collaboration with LEARN,” he said.
According to Dosunmu, the initiative aligns with one of LASACO’s strategic business principle of striving to better the society, particularly using CSR platform and therefore deserves sustenance.
“LASACO cannot but give support to Lagos State Government’s drive to lay a solid foundation for the future leaders. Lagos State government has also been very supportive of LASACO as a corporate entity”, he added.
Dosunmu, who led a team of LASACO team on a visit to one of the summer school centres, Oke Ira Junior Grammar School, expressed gratitude to the LEARN for taking the initiative to engage students during the holiday rather than allow them to be roaming the streets.
The Coordinator of Oke Ira Centre, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Soneye, said the centre has about 600 students from various schools in the area.
“Many parents have testified to the effectiveness of the programme as they have noticed remarkable positive changes in the lives of their children,” she said.
Also, speaking on behalf of their colleagues at the centre, Miss Okega Tinuola commended LASACO for supporting the vision of LEARN in not only impacting knowledge but also preparing them to be self-reliant through the skill acquisition component of the programme.
Apart from Oke Ira Junior Grammar School centre, LEARN has two other centres for this year’s summer school at Iponri Estate Junior School, Surulere and Awori Ajeromi Junior Grammar School, Agboju.
LEARN was established in 2007 with special focus on youth development. The vision is to ignite a passion for learning in the youths through education, vocational skills and recreation.
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