In a bid to celebrate academic excellence and motivate its students for future leadership roles, the Board and Management of Anglican Comprehensive High School, Ipaja, Lagos has appointed a Senior Secondary School student, Ndieze Chinonzo Chibueze, as a One-Day Principal of the school.

This is in recognition and celebration of his academic brilliance in having six distinctions from seven subjects in the last Cambridge O Level Examinations. Cambridge O Level Examination is an internationally recognized qualification equivalent to Cambridge IGCSE and the UK GCSE which provides learners with excellent preparation for Cambridge Advanced as well as other progression routes.

Speaking to newsmen in his office on Monday, March 11, 2024, shortly after conducting his official duties as principal, Ndieze praised the school authorities for the honour done to him and his colleagues by the school authorities.

He used the occasion to admonish his fellow students to focus more on their studies and shun any form of anti-social behaviour that may truncate their dreams.

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Ndieze noted that the experience earned as a one-day school principal has exposed him to leadership traits that will positively shape his future endeavours.

While lamenting the spate of kidnappings around the country, particularly the recent abduction of school children by bandits in Kaduna and Borno states, Ndieze called on the Federal Government and security agencies to urgently secure the release of the innocent children and ensure they are reunited with their parents.

He said: “While it is important to commend the efforts of both the federal and state governments in tackling issues of insecurity in the country, it is equally important to say that all security agencies in the country must be adequately prepared to proactively deal with future occurrences.

“It is also a delight to note that the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, is an alumnus of this great school and I have no doubt that he will live up to the ethos and principles of the school.”

Present at the event were parents of the students appointed as school principal, vice-principal and other key school principal officers.

The entire student population, staff and management were on hand to celebrate and rejoice with the ‘student-leaders’.

In his address, the Principal of the school, The Ven. Joseph Adedeji stated that with the 50th Anniversary celebrations held last year, it is remarkable that ACHS, Ipaja is holding the maiden edition of the One-Day School Principal programme to mark the beginning of its 51st year of existence.

According to him, “The One-Day School Principal programme, expected to be a yearly affair, is designed to celebrate and promote academic excellence amongst the students on one hand, and also more importantly to inculcate leadership skills in the students and prepare them for future endeavours.”

While regretting the recent abduction of students in Borno and Kaduna states by bandits, Ven. Adedeji called on security agencies to work in synergy and be alive to their responsibility of protecting lives and property of the people.

The Star