Wale Jagun
-Learning is free with opportunities – Principal
In its drive towards the education and mobilisation of the youths and others that are not already registered in schools or vocational centres and also to promote self – reliance through the acquisition of vocational skills, the Rotary Vocational Centre in Igbogbo has continued its sensitisation campaign across the nook and cranny of Igbogbo community.
The sensitisation which commenced on Tuesday, saw Ms. Adenike Mosunmola Otitoloju, Principal, Rotary Vocational Centre, leading other staff and some of the centre’s trainees moving from one bus stop to another, street to street and house to house.
The centre which one of the many vocational centres across the state under the supervision of the Agency for Mass Education, Ministry of Education , Lagos State, is rounding off its academic session for the year and will resume back January 6, with Makeover & Gele Tying, Hair Barbing, Fashion Designing, Digital Training, Leather Works & Allied Products, Alaga Ijoko & Iduro, Event Planning & Decoration, Hair Dressing, Cosmetology, Adult Literacy and Embroidery, as vocational trainings available to study.
The centre’s management armed with a public address system, early in the morning converged at the Igbogbo BRT Park at Ojubode/Igbogbo/Bayeku Junction, where workers going out of town were engaged and given information hand bills on the centre’s training and skills acquisition.
The team moved from the point to the Igbogbo ultra – modern market/park round and around the facility. Traders, commercial motorcycle riders, Keke NAPEP and small buses drivers, commuters and others were addressed informatively.
Thereafter, the sensitisation team moved along the Market Street, Oliwo Amoju Street, and later ventured into the community behind the Igbogbo Stadium/Primary Health Centre and onto Bola Tinubu Way. At the Igbogbo Primary Health Centre, team members engaged the nursing and expectant mothers and matrons on the need to enrol themselves and their wards for vocational skills acquisition. The later move to Oreyo area of Igbogbo to further the awareness
Ms. Otitoloju, speaking on the sensitisation campaign, said that the exercise is a continuous exercise for the centre and charged members of the public on the need to take full advantage of the opportunities.
“At the end of every year, it is our usual practice to come out and sensitise the public on the need to enrol and empower themselves with vocational skills which is free. Today we have gone out once again to sensitise the people of Igbogbo on the need to take advantage of the centre which is within their locality, as you can see us going from street to street, garage to parks and house to house
“The campaign was to let them know why they have to come and register for the next session commencing next year to acquire skills.
“We will continue to do this, because our own deal here is to sensitise people anywhere that they are gathered. We usually go and We talk to them about courses and duration and the benefits.
“We also take advantage of the social media platforms to engage and inform the members of the public. That’s how we have been preparing and the responses have bee fantastic
“People are really interested in coming to register and study to acquire vocational skills in our centre,”she said.
The Rotary Centre’s principal stated that the centre has recorded success stories of trained students establishing their own business outfits and turning into employers of labour.
“Some of these trained individuals identified with the sensitisation team during their awareness campaign.
She narrated further, “They have started their own shops. It has been good feedback and we are happy that the purpose of the centre which is to empower the populace is being achieved.”
“The requirement for the registration is free and the centre’s team has been able to let the people know about this fact. There is also no tuition so everything is free.
“Interested persons only have to come with their passport photographs and that of their guarantors. In addition, intending trainees must be at least 16 years of age and their LASRRA cards are required for identification”, she said.
