Adeyemi College Rotary club presents education support funds to students
A total of 50 students of Adeyemi college of Education, Ondo were last Saturday beneficiaries of Rotary Club of Ondo Adeyemi Education Support Fund.
The fund were presented to the Students on 17th of October, 2020 at Akiavic Hotel conference room during the visitation of the District Governor, Rotarian Jumoke Bamigboye to the clubs in Onto town.
The DG expressed happiness that the club was able to support students financially at this period when the effect of the covid 19 pandemic is hitting harder on the economy.
The Students Union President, Mr. Olamilekan Ipaye who was at the presentation commended Rotary Club of Ondo Adeyemi college for making the welfare of students part of their priority.
The Education Support Fund was part of the club project for the year 2019\2920 Rotary year and it was financed by the Managing Director, Batoil Services, Mr. Dele Olagunju, the chairman, Investiture, year 2019\2020.
It will be recalled that Ondo Adeyemi club being a club domiciled inside a tertiary institution, a college of education to be precise proposed to fund the tuition fees of about 30 indigent students.
This project came up after a careful considerations of challenge students of the college are facing in paying school fees. In 2017/2018 academic session, about 50% of students population could not meet the deadline for payment which ultimately forced the college to extend deadline.
For the college, this experience was better imagined than experienced as it would affect academic planning and other activities of the college such as teaching practice, matriculation and convocation.
During board meeting of the Club, it was agreed that club should contact the Centre for Human Development and Counselling for list of indigent students. The center gave the club a list of investigated cases that the club could pick their tuition fees.
However, due to the total lockdown occasioned by covid 19 pandemic, the club could not continue with the program, but it was converted to education support fund to assist the indigent students.