Skill Up the Teenager training berths at Adeniran Memorial Grammar School Ogbomoso, 45 students, teachers benefit

Skill Up the Teenager training berths at Adeniran Memorial Grammar School Ogbomoso, 45 students, teachers benefit

Khalid ABRAHAM

The ongoing skills impartation under the Skill Up the Teenager (S.U.T) initiative berthed at Adeniran Memorial Grammar School (AMGS) Ogbomoso Tuesday and Wednesday with forty five students benefitting.

According to the organisers the project is “to empower the younger generation.”

The beneficiaries which also included teachers were introduced to the various skills and taught their rudiments.

“During the training, students were equipped with hands-on skills in graphic design, crochet, laptop repair and solar installation,” it’s noted in a press release.

The teachers who participated joined in the solar installation class, “making the training beneficial not only for students but also for the staff.”

In her remarks, principal of the school, Mrs. G. M. Alamu, expressed appreciation for the initiative and requested that the program be made a yearly event.

Also, a vice principal, Mrs. Comfort Olatokun, encouraged the team to remain consistent, emphasizing that programs like that would help “reduce truancy, theft, and insecurity among young people.”

A teacher, Mrs. Onakanmi, commended the organizers for having the students’ welfare at heart and for providing the training at no cost.

Speaking at the close of the event, the visioneer of the S.U.T program, Mr. Olajide D. Olatubosun, reflected on the journey so far, “We are only getting better. Looking at where we started and where we are today, we are not stagnant, and the impact is being felt in the lives of the young ones.”

Olatubosun further noted that this marks the conclusion of training at 3 schools out of the 15 schools planned for the second edition of the program, expressing trust in God for a successful training in the remaining schools.

This is as he extended heartfelt appreciation to the school management for their warm reception and to the dedicated S.U.T team members for their unwavering support in helping teenagers explore and succeed in life.

It’s disclosed that the next training will take place at Zoe College, Aba, Ogbomoso.