Gwagwalada GDSS Principal tasks FCT Education Secretariat, SEB on multi-purpose hall

By Usman Shuaibu

The principal of Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Bello Sulaiman Ajekunle, has appealed to the FCT Education Secretariat as well as the leadership of the FCT Secondary Education Board (SEB) to erect a multi-purpose hall in the school for the sake of conducting major examinations and other social activities in the institution.
He said: “The school is also in need of furniture for both staff and students as well as the renovation of some dilapidated blocks of classrooms to meet the increasing surge of students who seek admission into the school but cannot be admitted as a result of the shortage of these facilities”.
According to the Principal, “the school lacks standard laboratories and modern laboratories and modern laboratory equipment and facilities to make the students compete favourably with their counterparts in other schools in the area of sciences”.
Ajekunle, who made the appeal while delivering his speech during the school’s 3rd Cultural Day ceremony held on Wednesday, further said; ‘As old as the school is, we do not have standard ICT Laboratory and gargets to properly equip the students in the area of ICT.
This, according to the principal, “we also lack standard library and library materials as he said: “lack of all these hinder the optimum performance of the teachers as well as the students’ academic achievements”.
The Principal, however, told the gathering that the management of the school had done a lot in the areas of curricular and co-curricular activities, describing “culture as the totality of the way of life of the people in a society in which they are known with.
At the end of cultural competitions, Abaji House took the 1st position, Bwari House became the 2nd Position and the 3rd position went to Kwali House.