The Project committee paid a visit to the school on Friday 17th March, 2017, and after going round the premises, we conducted a survey. The essence of the survey is to help ascertain issues/problems that both students and staffs feel should be given urgent attention.

The Survey Analysis
● From the survey results, the most popular projects voted for by the students were
hostel & classroom renovation.
● Please note that the boys’ survey voted overwhelmingly for renovation of hostels.
● The team visited the worst affected hostel – Alani House. It was in a deplorable state.
● The team also visited the classrooms. There are two blocks of 4 classrooms in the main
Classroom Block that needed repairs and an additional 6 classrooms in a PTA Classroom
Block which also needed repairs.
The Classrooms
● There were initially 12 classrooms in very bad shape as at last year.
● The team was informed that 4 of the classrooms have since been repaired just before
the New Year. (This was said to have been done by parents of some new students who
wanted decent classrooms for their children – the principal told this in confidence).
● The four classrooms that were repaired by the parents was said to cost approximately
NGN 1.6M. This amount covered:
○ Fixing the roof of 4 classrooms
○ Painting the walls of 4 classrooms
○ Replacing the wooden windows and doors of 3 classrooms with metal windows.
○ Although 1 classroom’s windows and door were not replaced due to exhaustion
of available funds.
● Based on their stated costs, it can be assumed that the 12 classrooms would cost
approximately NGN 5M to fix.
● From the actual amount spent on the four classrooms less the door and window
missing in 1 classroom, and applying the use of indexation; the remaining 8 classrooms
is estimated to cost approximately NGN 4M.

Recommendations
With very high demand for both renovation of classrooms and the boys hostel, the dilemma
was resolved when the members of 1993 Set indicated their interest in renovating most if not
all of the remaining 8 outstanding classrooms. As at the time of this report, efforts have
commenced to work with an alumnus Quantity Surveyor from 86set who has submitted the Bill
of Quantities (see also attached) which provided detailed construction estimate to enable
contractors bid for the work to be done.

The 93 set folks have committed to completing the classroom project .

In light of this, the committee unanimously recommends that the renovation of the Alani
Boys Hostel be priority project for the National Alumni to take on. As can be seen in the
pictures, this is by far the most urgent project especially as the raining season has kicked off.
In addition, it was also top on the list for the principal and the second most popular for the
students after classroom renovation.

The committee however believes that inasmuch as the tangible projects are very important in
the school at this time, there are also some very crucial needs of the students that go beyond
the physical needs. Based on our findings during the interview, this committee strongly
recommends that in addition to doing the Alani Boys Hostel project, the National Alumni
Association should also look into setting up a carefully designed professional mentorship
programme that will focus ultimately on career counselling for students from junior
secondary. This is expected to broaden their focus even before they decide on focal subjects
to take in their senior years.

Other News
● The school now has a staff nursery and primary school within its premises.
● The school now has a poultry farm within its premises. We didn’t get a chance to see
it as we were running out of time.
● An SS1 student informed that there are 44 students in her class. There are currently 8
arms in SS1. One of the SS2 classes visited had about 40 students in the class. There
appears to be a recent population explosion compared to the last SS3 class that was
smaller. This may be due to the current economy recession that has forced some more
parents to pull their kids out of private schools. This conclusion is unconfirmed at this
time.
● There is a new Girls’ Hostel behind the games field to the left of the dining hall. The
hall looked relatively modern and secure with a barbed wired high fence.
● There is a new Library with an e-Library component but it does not function at full
capacity because the computers and other relevant software were not at the time
completely installed. This building is the most modern structure in the school.

Updated List of School Needs
● Replacement of the engine on the School Bus
● Provision of a New School Bus
● Procurement of Lister Generator for the borehole
● Solar powered street lights to ensure the school grounds are always lit
● Solar powered lights in the classrooms
● Manually-operated borehole
● Tables and chairs for the staff room

Olusholape Ogunlaja Iyoho 1994 set
(Chairperson, Project committee)