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Foundation sponsors WAEC, UTME fees for indigent students

Foundation sponsors WAEC, UTME fees for indigent students

The Bayonle Rasheed Akinbile Foundation has paid the WAEC and UTME fees for 19 indigent students in Oyo State to promote access to education.

The Bayonle Rasheed Akinbile Foundation has paid the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination fees of 19 indigent students in Oyo State.

The beneficiaries, drawn from various communities in Ibadanland, received their cheques during the National Conference on Higher Consciousness held at the University of Ibadan.

The head of the foundation, Bayonle Akinbile, said the initiative was part of the organisation’s efforts to promote access to education and ensure equal opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

He explained that the foundation intended to reach more primary and secondary schools, universities, polytechnics and correctional centres.

Akinbile said, “We have already established a database containing participants’ details, including their names, schools, addresses and places of work. We hope to maintain regular communication with them. We are also working towards establishing a National Consciousness Movement that will operate as a monthly forum. We will continue to promote positive ideas and raise public consciousness about the responsibility of building a nation.

‎”Our objective is to promote the idea of a radical revolution in human consciousness as a means of improving the condition of our nation. We are now building a movement of people whose mindsets are undergoing positive transformation. Our plan is to continue taking this message to more schools.

‎”Although several schools were represented at this conference, we intend to reach more primary schools, secondary schools, universities and polytechnics. We also hope to extend the initiative to more correctional centres.”

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