This Day (Lagos)
Olaolu Olusina
30 June 2009
Lagos — Life After School, a project of the Centre for African Renaissance, Reformation and Development (CEFARRD), a non-governmental organisation, would on July 8, 2009, make a debut at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
Conceived as an uncommon youth initiative expected to create a connect between what students learn in school and the reality outside the campus, Life After School, according to the Coordinator, Dr. Chidi Okpaluba, had already generated an uncommon candour and excitement from students who, currently are, at crossroads as to their fate in the face of the ongoing industrial action by ASUU and SSANU, as well as from the authorities of the school.
Okpaluba, who made this known recently in Lagos at the inauguration of the project, said it was going on as planned despite the ASUU and SSANU strike. "We are going ahead with the programme," Okpaluba said, noting "the programme is intended for the students who are still hanging out on the campus despite the strike and are already looking forward to it with high expectations.
"The Coordinator said the pilot project, was expected to, among others objectives, create an entrepreneurial spirit in the students by helping them discover the force in ideas and teach them how to set goals in life as well as teach them the principle of self confidence.
He said his organisation was working with Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), Lagos State University (LASU) and the National Youths Service Corp (NYSC) orientation camp in Lagos and that it would go a long way in creating a bridge between the information given out to the students in school and the reality of the labour market.
The CEFARRD Coordinator explained that the decision to inaugurate Life After School at UNN was informed by the excitement and enthusiasm that greeted a programme he organised at the institution in 2007, affirming that the current project "is designed to unleash the ingenuity in our youths and give them the tools to use in creating the life of their dreams."
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I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS SHOULD BE A MODEL FOR OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO EMULATE. THANKS FOR YOUR VISION DR. OKPALUBA.