Wale Jagun & Rahmon Sulaimon (Trainee)
-Mitchelle, Jesgood are 2021/22 Miss, Master Victory
Master Madu Victor, a final year student of Victory Joy School, Kokoro-Abu, lkorodu, on Friday, July 30, 2021, shone like a million stars, as he emerged the overall best graduating of the school.
He was honoured and celebrated by the school at the 2021 Graduation/Prize Giving Ceremony of the school held within the school premises.
Other students in the Nursery and Primary Schools section were also honoured for their performances in academics, social and attitude categories.
About 45 pupils, both in Nursery and Primary sections of the school, were promoted to the next class others graduated from the school to pursue secondary school education.
The Director, VJS Mrs Ijeoma Nwobodo, speaking at the event, said that God has been their strength in the school, while also thanking parents for their support for the school and their children.
“God has been our backbone in this school. At times, some of our parents would just walk in and say that their spirits just direct them to do things for this school.
“I am also welcoming our parents specially because so far, VJS has a set of best parents. Thanks for providing for all the needs of our pupils and most importantly, paying their school fee regularly”, she said thankfully.
“I thank all our parents for coming out to grace the occasion despite their busy schedule.
She also took out time to appreciate the school staff for their dedication to the school.
“I am also saying a big thank you to my great staff. They are one of the best in the world.
While stating that she would miss her graduating students, Mrs Nwobodo charged them to be good ambassadors of the school .
“I am going to miss my pupils signing out today and my advice to you all is that you should put everything you’ve learnt here into practice and be good ambassadors of this great school”, she said.
The outgone VJS’s Head boy, in his valedictory speech at the ceremony, said that the academic journey has been interesting and challenging.
“I am greatly honoured to welcome you all and to reflect on our collective journey thus far in this great School. The journey has certainly been interesting as well as challenging and memorable”, he said.
Recalling the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on their studies, the valedictorian said that students had to contend with strange mode of studying.
“We would never forget how we had to stay at home and learn online through Whatsapp videos and zoom classes, no physical contact with our teachers and friends for 8 months, struggling with phones for our online classes with our parents who were also working from home using their phones most of the time”, he recalled.
“It was even more difficult and challenging for our colleagues, whose parents do not have ‘smart’ phones, to join the online classes. This means that for 8 months, they had no classroom learning.
He said that the experiences at the VJS were mixed for him and his mates that were passing out.
“Each of us has had our own unique experiences at Victory Joy School (VJS); a combination of good times and bad times. But here we are today to celebrate our first achievement towards our future destinations”.
He thanked the VJS owner and Proprietress, on behalf of his mates, for her mother’s care and the staff for being there for them at all times.
He also expressed appreciation to their parents for providing for their needs and being good to them.
The Chairman of the occasion, Dr Adekunle Aderemi, Rector, Owu College of Technology, Ogun State, speaking at the event, commended the school proprietor for not only being an educationist but also a mother to all her pupils.
“If we are thankful enough, we will remember where we were by this time last year where everybody and everything was on lockdown.
“I also want to thank my very dear friend, Mrs Nwobodo. We’ve been working together for a very long time, she’s diligent, hard-working, and strong.
“I’m very sure all parents here can testify to it that she’s not just a proprietress, but also a mother. Please, we should all give her a big round of applause. I also thank the group of staff of the great VJS school.
Advising the parents, Dr Aderemi said that parents must continually watch and monitor their children and should stop getting disappointed in them when they are not doing well in a particular area that they want, rather, they should endeavour to detect areas where such children are interested in.
“Firstly, I will tell our parents that they should leave these children when they are doing what they are not supposed to do, You must continue to pray while laboring for them until they become what you want them to become in life. My mother also did all that she could do and today she’s very happy because of my life”, Dr Aderemi said.
“Secondly, parents should stop getting disappointed when their kids are not doing very well in Mathematics. Remember one thing that not all of us will become a medical doctor. Endeavour to pay attention to them to know what other areas that they are good at.
“I was trained in the University to become a farmer, and till this day, I haven’t used that as a profession for once. All I do is teach and I have started teaching my friends from Form 4. Parents should let their children become what they want to become.
“Some of them will become great instrumentalist, artists. To the glory of God, I discovered my talent and I went for it. My mom also helped me identify myself. That was when I knew I wasn’t dull and I started teaching my sisters and their friends even before I wrote my WASC and they all passed.
“Finally, parents, please, take all your time to give your children good morals. Teach them how to show respect to elders. Teach them to also be humble and above all, teach and tell them that there is someone called God.
To the pupils, he said:
“Children, please, remember this, always respect your parents and the Lord will bless you all. Thank you all and God bless everybody”, Dr Aderemi concluded.
Many presentations and activities were staged by the pupils during the ceremony to entertain guests and parents who all had a swell time watching their children and wards displaying different talents.
In the beauty pageant contests, Miss Ogundiran Mitchelle and Master Houessou Jesgood, both of whom garnered 563 and 541 points respectively in their categories, emerged Miss and Master Victory Joy for the 2021/2022 session.
Other guests at the graduation/prize presentation ceremony were Capt. Odunlami Davidson, Director T & T Global Security, Mrs Ayeni Folashade, Vice Chairman VJS, PTA, Mr Agananwa Grant, Ms Adelabu Kenny, outgoine administrator of VJS, Deaconess Olowu Morayo Omoniyi, Mrs Akande, Proprietress of Sure foundation, Mrs Samuel Faith, Proprietress, Giglograce School, Evangelist Bukola Adelabu and Mrs Kafayat Adelabu,
