CDSS Launches New School Building, to Establish Boarding Facilities

Uchechukwu Nnaike

The Corona Schools’ Trust Council (CSTC) has announced plans to set up boarding facilities at the Corona Day Secondary School (CDSS), Lagos, based on the appeal of some parents.

Speaking at the official launch of a three-storey academic building at the school, the Chairman of CSTC Governing Board, Justice Raliat Adebiyi, stated that at inception, the management wanted it to be a fully day school, but parents have been requesting a boarding school in Lagos because of the successful boarding school in Agbara, Ogun State, the traffic, and other factors.

According to her, the management is trying to acquire property around the school to put up purpose-built structures, but in the meantime, it will find ways to start and as soon as it gets the state government’s approval, 

Adebiyi said that the new building, the first to be fully owned by CDSS, is eco-friendly and has all the modern facilities to make teaching and learning pleasurable. 

She said the school was established in 2020 and is growing in leaps and bounds, while recording several achievements. She said the trust council is pleased with the opportunity to add the school as its contribution to educating children in Lagos. 

She said the schools’ council will turn 70 in 2025, so it has vast experience in training children in nursery, primary, and secondary levels and recently built capacity in training teachers through the Corona College of Education.

According to her, the trust council continues to operate on sound financial principles, with the direction and guidance of the board, which is made up of knowledgeable professionals with a high level of integrity and passion. She said, “To this end, we were able to design, build, and complete the new academic building for CDSS from our internal reserves, using the brightest and best consultants in the industry.”

The Chief Executive Officer of CSTC, Mrs. Adeyoyin Adesina, stressed the need to align education with family and commitment to family values, which she said is fast eroding in the system. 

As such, she said the school engages parents as its primary stakeholders in delivering education to their children, adding that students do better when they have commensurate support from the home front.  

She added that education is taking a new dimension, and children are charting new ground. To help them, the school is opening their minds as much as possible beyond the subjects they are taught to independence, ownership, crafting their vision, and running with it. 

Adesina said that in addition to teaching the prescribed subjects, the school has introduced leadership and entrepreneurial skills into the curriculum and is leveraging technology heavily. 

In his remarks, the Chairman of Ibeju-Lekki LGA, Hon. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa, said he was proud to be associated with the school based on its achievements. 

He also thanked the school for choosing Ibeju-Lekki and for its contributions towards the development of the community and promised to collaborate with the school always.