Jim Ovia buys over American International School Lekki, Lagos

 

• Renames it James Hope College

 

BY OUR EDITOR

James Hope College (JHC), Agbor, Delta State, a co -educational initiative of the Jim Ovia Foundation, Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with American International School, Lagos (AISL).

Under the MoU, the foundation has acquired the American School’s Lekki Campus facility to establish James Hope College.

The acquisition will take effect from September next year.

THISDAY reports that the Chairman, Board of Trustees, James Hope College Foundation, Mr. Jim Ovia who emphasised on the acquisition in Lagos, noted that the essence was to build and uplift the standard of education in Lagos, and the country at large, adding that the college will open its doors to new students in September 2020.

He said 40 per cent of the students will enjoy scholarship as is being done at the college in Agbor, adding that, “training youths and children should resonate in our society and country.”

Ovia who expressed delight that the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is passionate about education, said this shows that he is endorsing what the foundation is doing and it will continue to support the state

In the past six years since its inception, James Hope College, which offers a combination of British and Nigerian curricula has recorded tremendous academic achievements in the school through hard and smart work, which has helped in building enough momentum for continual growth over a short period of time.

The school is a Cambridge Associate School, a member of Council of British International Schools (COBIS) and Association of British Schools Overseas (AoBSO).

JHC is in partnership with Microsoft Imagine Academy and GL Education. JHC is accredited by Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE), Pearson Edexcel Examinations, and British Schools Overseas (BSO)

JHC has also been approved to run the Senior Secondary School curriculum and is the first school in South-South and South East Region to be an award centre for the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh International Award.

The school had celebrated her first graduation ceremony with all the pioneer graduating set in attendance.

In his remarks at yesterday’s event, a former Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe who spoke on ‘The Importance of Education’, explained why the country needed to restore the value of education, saying that this would impact on the quality of infrastructure, teachers and the teacher training colleges.

According to Obe, a member of the Board of Trustees of JHC, “education is very important. When we look at the challenges confronting the African continent, you will notice that the cure is education.

“We are interested in restoring the value of education, I will like to see the infrastructure that was much better, the teachers were much better and teacher training was blossoming.”