Group Donates 30 Desks, Exercise Books, Others to Bauchi School

Bt Idris Ayinde

A Bauchi Based Non-governmental organisation, Kairos Initiative has donated  30 seating desks to Birshi Gandu Primary School on Monday.

Speaking during the donation of the desks, Dr Moji Iheme, Executive Director, Kairos Initiative, said the organization also donated exercise books, pens, pencils and cleaners among others to the students.

According to her, the NGO embarked on a need assessment of the school and realised they were in dire need of the desks as there was none in the classrooms.

She explained that each of the desks would accommodate four pupils, making it 120 capacity seats.

“The initiative is doing what it does best. We came here to do what we call the need assessment and we discovered that there was no single seating desk for the children.

“We discovered that the school management and the pupils wanted the seating desk so dearly.

“You can imagine children going from primary school to secondary school and they never sat on desks. How are they going to write exams?

“So, we decided to provide them with these 30 desks and each one would accommodate four pupils and that makes like 120 pupils,” she said.

She said the NGO was also looking at how to fix the leaking roofs, adding that it would be done if the school management exhibited a high level of maintenance culture toward the desks provided.

Iheme hinted that the NGO would be visiting the school to see what’s happening to the desks, saying “the better they take care of them, the more we would be encouraged to do more”.

In her vote of thanks, Assistant Headmaster, Hasana Shehu, who expressed delight toward the gesture of the NGO, promised to take effective care of the desks.

Also, Mr Dabo Garba, Supervising Officer, Miri ll, Bauchi Local Government Area, appreciated the NGO for coming to the rescue of the school by providing the desks.

He called on the Headmaster to inform the Community Leader and members of the community on the need for all to join hands and maintain the facilities.

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