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PERSONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (2014) EXECUTED IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA BY ADEDOYIN ADEBODUN, ADELEKE

The inadequacy of staff strength in government-owned schools made me volunteer to teach S.S.S. 3 students Mathematics in Government Secondary School, Tarauni, Kano. Based on the massive failure of students of the school in the subject in previous West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations, the school Principal saw a need for all the students to attend the classes, therefore the extramural was incorporated into the school time table and the classes held between 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. three times a week in two groups of 40 students totaling about eighty (80) students that benefitted from the classes for two (2) months till the commencement of WASSCE on 1st of April, 2014. This became the first Project. Efforts to address the problem of poor orientation of education and its essence, which was discovered to be the reason for the poor performances of the students, led to five other projects.

The second and third projects were two academic, career and mentor-ship seminars. The seminars addressed the three main issues highlighted in topic.

Detailed orientation of education was given by facilitators at the seminar to make the participants see the worth of education and its significant role in maximizing intellectual potentials while the career sections helped the students know and understand the various career opportunities in sciences, commercials and arts-based fields of study. This was to help the students understand the end (career) to which education is a means.

The mentor-ship arm of the initiative linked students to professionals in fields relevant to their careers of interest, who were facilitators at the seminar. To achieve all these, the facilitators at the seminar were university lecturers, therefore able to address the students from both academic and professional ends, hence providing grounds for long term relationships with the students. The mentor-ship arm of the initiative became imperative as it was noted that most of the students were from educationally-disadvantaged families and communities hence receive little or no motivation and guidance in their academic pursuits.

Extending the initiative to other part of the state and beyond was the basis for the weekly education-based radio and television programme tagged “Students’ Hour with Corper Ade” on Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV) which was the fourth project. It was a live academic programme where University lecturers and professionals were invited to discuss various professions and the academic roadmap to them. Issues on students’ preparation and performances in external examinations in external examinations (WASSCE and NECO) were also addressed by senior officers of WAEC and NECO in the state. The Programme ran for ten (10) weeks and was on FM, UHF, StarTimes and live stream (internet) concurrently.

My experience with the beneficiaries of the extramural classes (first project) who never used the subject-based WASSCE past question booklets till I brought a copy to them two months before their examinations made me procure and freely distribute two WASSCE past question booklets (Mathematics and English Language), and notebooks for fifty (50) S.S.S. 1 and S.S.S. 2 students selected from ten (10) government-owned schools in two LGAs of the state. This was the fifth project.

As the proficiency in Information and Communication Technology (I.C.T.) has become an important part of educational programmes globally, the support of a standard I.C.T. firm was solicited, which resulted in the award of I.C.T. scholarships to six students to run different I.C.T. programmes in the firm. This was the sixth project.

The programmes (projects) altogether directly impacted about 800 students aside the innumerable beneficiaries of its weekly media programmes. All projects were properly documented and are available in writing, pictures and videos (DVDs).

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) during one of his Free Extramural Mathematics classes for 80 S.S.S. 3 students in G.S.S.

Tarauni

Adeleke, Adedoyin (KN/13C/0599) checking the understanding of one of the beneficiaries of the Free Extramural classes on Set theory

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) explaining some mathematics concepts to one of the two student groups of the

80 students that benefitted in his Free Extramural classes in G.S.S. Tarauni, Kano

Some of the students of G.S.S. Tarauni that benefitted from the Free Mathematics Extramural classes facilitated by Adeleke,

Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599)

L-R: Principal, G.S.S. Tarauni with some of the 80 students that benefitted in the Free Extramural classes organised by Adeleke,

Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599)

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) receiving the letter of sponsorship of the school from the Principal for the Free Extramural

classes he organised for 80 S.S.S. 3 students of the school

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) with some of the beneficiaries at the end of the Free Mathematics Extramural classes he organised in G.S.S. Tarauni, Kano

Corper Ade speaking at the seminar Some of the guests at the Academic, Career and Mentorship seminar for S.S.S.S 3 students in Tarauni LGA organised by Adeleke, Adedoyin A.

(KN/13C/0599)

An aerial view of the benefitted students Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) in a discussion with one of the guardians that came with the female student participants

A view of the female student participants A view of the male student participants

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) attending to one of the guest speakers at the seminar

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) giving over the microphone to Mr. Ibrahim Yakassai (Rep. of the Hon. Commissioner of Education, Kano

state) to address the students at the seminar

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) with some students at the purchase of 30 bags of Sachet Water for the over 363 student

participants at seminar

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) with H.O.D., Mathematics, G.S.S. Tarauni, Mr. Sani during the class-to-class awareness creation for the seminar

in the school

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) and the Branch Controller of WAEC, Kano state, Mr S.D. Kum during a visit

on invitation to the seminar

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) presenting the DVD video clip of the Academic, Career and Mentorship seminar to the Permanent Secretary, Knao state Ministry of Education, Alh. Abdulkadir A. Baffa

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) presenting the DVD video clip of the Academic, Career and Mentorship seminar to the

Director-General, Kano state Secondary Schools Management Board, Hon. Hassan El-Yakub

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) presenting the DVD video clip of the Academic, Career and Mentorship seminar to the Hon.

Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transport, Hon. Abba K. Yusuf

Background screen for a Radio & Television programme tagged “Students’ Hour with Corper Ade”

Organised and presented by Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599)

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) on a live interview with Engr. (Mrs) Amina S. Aliyu with students participants from various schools

during the first (1st) edition of Students’ Hour with Corper Ade on ARTV organised by Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599)

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) and Engr. (Mrs) Amina S. Aliyu with students participants from various schools and their

teachers after the first (1st) edition of “Students’ Hour with COrper Ade on ARTV organised by Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599)

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) on a live interview with the Barr. Obinna Jude with student participants from various schools during the

second edition of “Students’ Hour with Corper Ade”

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) and Barr. Obinna Jude with student participants with their teachers after the second edition of

“Students’ Hour with Corper Ade”

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) on a live interview with Dr. A.R. Williams with students from various schools during the eighth (8th) edition

of “Students’ Hour with Corper Ade” on ARTV

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) and Dr. A.R. Williams with students from various schools after the eighth (8th) edition of

“Students’ Hour with Corper Ade” on ARTV

Rep. of the D.G., Kano State Sec. Schools Management Board, Mr. Yakassai presenting the Learning materials to one of the 50 beneficiaries

Prof. Enaburekham (Dept. Of Mech. Engrg, Bayero Univeristy, Kano) presenting the Learning materials to one of the 50

beneficiaries

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. And NYSC officials with the male beneficiaries of the Learning materials

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. And NYSC officials with the female beneficiaries of the Learning materials

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) with Mrs Fatima Ishyake (NYSC, Tarauni LGA office) announcing the names of the I.C.T. scholarship Awardees in the presence of the Management of

Randatech Systems Limited (Project Sponsor)

Mr. Basheer (Randatech Systems Limited, Kano) addressing studnes at eht I.C.T. Scholarships Award Ceremony facilitated by Adeleke,

Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599)

Mrs Fatima Ishyake presenting the I.C.T. full scholarship awards to the beneficiaries while Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (AKN/13C/0599) holds the

microphone, in the presence of the management of Randatech Systems Limited, Kano (Project sponsor)

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) taking the details of some of the I.C.T. scholarship awardees at the ceremony

Adeleke, Adedoyin A. (KN/13C/0599) presenting the DVD video clip of the Scholarships Award Ceremony to Mr Basheer

(Randatech Systems Limited, Kano)