…education shouldn’t be business of profit making – Don.
By Demola Adeyemi
As – Salam Group of Schools has held it’s maiden graduation and prize given ceremony, The Fact Newspaper reports.
The event which took place at the school premises , Kangile, Zango, Ilorin penultimate Saturday had in attendance dignitaries across works of life.
The proceedings of the graduation day started with the recitation and translation of the Quranic verses , cultural dancing as pupils presented skit as well.
In his address, the Guest Speaker who also doubles as lecturer in the Department of Arabic, University of Ilorin, Mall. Mohammad Danjumo Musa, congratulated the pupils and also spoke about the future plans of As – Salam Group of Schools.
Speaking on the paper titled, “Role of Parents and Teachers toward the cognitive development of the pupils: Islamic perspective,” Musa charged stakeholders to cease capitalizing the business of education.
According to him, ‘we got our educational system wrong today in all aspect. The parents, the teachers and the government are all culpable.’
“The parents got it wrong by not training their children well and shifting their responsibilities to the shoulder of teachers. The teachers too got it wrong because they they are no more developer of values.
“Proprietors of schools also got it wrong by capitalizing the business of education. Education should not be a business of profit making or minimum profit making,” Musa said.
The Don added that Nigerian educational sector started dwindling the moment the capitalist took over from the government.
“Capitalist are the one establishing schools now and all they go for is the profit not the moral value anymore. The government also got it wrong by not deem it fit to give education the required attention.
“As we all know that without education there will be no development. Education is the bedrock of any development. So for given it little attention, that shows the future is dangerous. There is fire on the mountain,” the guest speaker warned.
Musa however stressed that for us to have a better Nigeria, we need to go back to the basic of our education and promote societal value.
Also speaking, the chairman of the occasion, Dr. Sodiq Olawale described As – Salam Group of Schools as one of the best in the state with sound Islamic moral teaching.
“The school is excellent. I brought my kids to As -Salam and honesty I saw the changes. The school is well equipped with standard teachers. The nurturing and Islamic moral lesson given the pupils is best to known.
“The graduation ceremony is so colourful, the presentations by the pupils are superb. I want to urge parents to bring their wards to As -Salam Group of Schools and I can vouch for them, ” the lecturer affirmed.
In his appreciation message, the Head Master of the school, Denbor Mohammad Zakariya thank Almighty Allah for the exponential growth the school has witnessed within the shortest period of its establishment.
“We thank Almighty Allah for his mercy on this school. The fit we had is Allah’s power. Since last two years, the progress at the school is exponential. We started with about 40 pupils and as at present we have over 80 pupils in the school.
” I want to thank the management of this school because without water ,there will be no life. The welfare packages for the staff are wonderful. I really appreciate both the management and parents of this school, ” Denbor said.
…we established As – Salam to help indigents, to promote culture of Islam – Proprietor
The Proprietor of As – Salam Group of Schools, Mall. Abdulsalam Idris has said the purpose for the establishment of the school has nothing to do with profit making, but to impact the society and uphold the culture and values of Islam.
Abdulsalam stated this on Saturday during the maiden graduation and prize given ceremony of the school which held at Kangile area, Zango, Ilorin, the kwara state capital.
According to him, ‘the initial intention for the establishment of As- Salam Group of Schools is to help the indigents, hence the reason why many pupils at this school are on scholarship.’
“We thank Almighty Allah for today’s program which is end of the year get-together where we invited many dignitaries and to God be the glory, all the invitees are on ground.
” There are many reasons that led us to the establishment of this school. The first mission is to promote the culture of Islam and to inculcate the law and values of Islam into our pupils in order for them to become a future leader and be a good ambassador of this religion. So the school is a cohabitation of Western education and Arabic knowledge, ” the Proprietor said.
He added that the school have perfected all plans to send pupils and students of As – Salam Group of Schools overseas for further studies, affirming that nearly 70 per cent of the school’s pupils are on scholarship.
“We plan to send our students outside Nigeria to places like ,Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia under the sponsorship of As- Salam Group of Schools insah Allah. This is part of our program as we have started and it will continue.
“By the grace of God, we are working toward the establishment of the secondary section of the school. By next section, it will take off insah Allah.
“Teachers at As – Salam Group of Schools are the best and they can complete favorably with their colleagues across the country. We organized seminars to guide our teachers an enabler for them to be committed to their job, the Islamic scholar affirmed.
