Principal challenges parents on children’s future

Mr. Peter Yates, principal of British International School (BIS)

AN appeal has gone out to parents and guardians to do more by joining hands with school authorities towards preparing their children and wards for the future. Speaking at a fund raising ceremony to launch the school’s hostel and swimming pool projects at Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos at the weekend, the principal of British International School (BIS) Mr. Peter Yates said it was only through such parental support that students such as are found in BIS can be moulded. According to him, “BIS student are the nicest and most hardworking” he has worked with and therefore has a genuine reason for them to be successful Yates said: ''The children are the future leaders of tomorrow who will make decisions that will affect everyone including they the teachers and the parents, when they are old and when the teachers are no longer in service. ''We cannot ignore them because they are our future, so we have to prepare them for that future.” He also observed that unfortunately, students learn many things outside the classroom which cannot be of any help to them, and called on parents not to fail in their responsibilities to their children. Yates said the school was putting in place the various facilities including the proposed hostel and swimming pool because it was important to give the students all facilities that will help make learning, conducive for them. Also speaking, a director of the school, Otun Oba of Iruland, Mr. Alaba Abiodun Oniru said the school will go to any length to maintain academy standard and continuous improvement which not only the parents will be proud of but the entire country also. He said with well-equipped laboratories, academic standard of the school has consistently improved in the last nine years. “The new projects will minimize transport and maintenance costs and also enhance the school at all times. Present at the event were, the Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope Adefulire, the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Tokunbo Adeoye, former chairman Eco Bank Mr. Abubakar Olasewere among others.

By Adeniyi Adunola and Adebisi Olonade