Kayode Olanrewaju 
As part of the star prizes for the winner of Maltina Teacher of the Year Award, the Nigerian Breweries/Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund has donated a digital language laboratory valued at several millions of naira to Keke Senior High School, Agege, Lagos.
The laboratory was donated to the school in honour of the 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year competition, Adeola Adefemi, an English teacher in the school. Speaking during the handingover of the facilities, the Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Sade Morgan, stated that the infrastructure would enhance the quality of teaching and improve learning outcomes in the school.
Morgan, however, noted that the donation aligns with the corporate philosophy and CSR thrust of the Education Trust Fund through active participation in addressing the infrastructural deficit in our education system by providing the much-needed facilities.
The Director, who commended the school’s academic strides over the years, said: “I would like to acknowledge the academic excellence of this great citadel of learning, Keke Senior High School, which emerged the Best Senior Secondary School in the 2020 Lagos State Governor’s Quiz Competition and the winner of the 2024 Lagos Reads Inter-Schools Quiz Competition.”
Taking delivery of the digital laboratory, the state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, commended Nigerian Breweries Plc for donating the language laboratory, which he stated, would help students and teachers access the much-needed digital resources for educational advancement.
Alli-Balogun commended Miss Adeola Adefemi, winner 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year for making the school and the entire state proud with her exemplary performance, adding that her passion and commitment to the teaching profession remain a reference point.
In her remarks, the Principal of the school, Mrs Patience Aina, lauded the Fund for uplifting and rewarding excellence in teaching through the Maltina Teacher of the Year, and also for donating the state-of-the-art language digital laboratory to the school.
She said: “We are grateful for what the Nigerian Breweries Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund has done in providing additional infrastructure that would boost the government’s effort in delivering quality education to students. With this language laboratory, our students would have the opportunity to study in a wellequipped learning environment.”
Mrs Aina commended the Fund for the achievements recorded through the competition, noting that the company’s reward and recognition would undoubtedly inspire passion among teachers. She also praised Adeola Adefemi for bringing honour to the school and urged her to continue to light the torch of excellence, as this would inspire confidence among other teachers.
On her part, Adefemi thanked the Nigerian Breweries-Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund for contributing its part to supporting education and the teaching profession with various interventions.
She noted that the provision of the facilities would undoubtedly promote positive learning outcomes for the school. For emerging the 2023 Maltina Teacher of the Year, Adeola Adefemi received a total cash prize of N6.5 million, a fully-funded capacity development training trip to Tampere, Finland in May, this year. According to the company, the grand finale of the 2024 Maltina Teacher of the Year, the 10th edition in its series, will be held on October 11, 2024.
