AS PARENTS, TEACHERS, PUPILS GIVE ROUSING WELCOME TO DR. (MRS.) OSHIN
Mummy’s Place International Nursery and Primary School, Akure that started under the tutelage of Dr. (Mrs.) Damilola Oshin like a biblical little mustard seed in the parable of Jesus Christ in Mathew 13: 31-32, being the smallest of all seeds when it grows, it becomes the largest and a tree for the birds to perch in its branches.
The school commenced operation as a crèche with just two kids over 20 years ago, at her residence in Akure. Although it started small, but with plain vision and mission well received from God and acted upon as God gave her directive
As people testified, selfless service and unabated passion for the development of children made Dr. Oshin surmounted all the challenges associated to pioneering a school of International standard “Mummy’s Place”.
On 5th of October 2022, Mummy’s Place International Nursery and Primary School, Akure was honured with National Award as overall best Private School in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the parents, teachers and pupils of the great school expressed their heartfelt joy for the honour they described as a well deserved one at the grand reception of the School Proprietress, Dr. Oshin at the school premises on Tuesday October 11, 2022.
It was an atmosphere of joy as they took their turns to shower praises and torrent of encomiums on the proprietress whom they described as woman of noble characters, courage and unassuming who through dint of hard work brought the school to national recognition.
One of the parents who spoke with journalists at the occasion, Mrs. Mary Johnson Malik said she would be forever grateful to God for the privilege to find such school where children are taught the way of God.
Other parents that spoke with journalists at the warm reception, Mr. Okpakpor Obaro, Mrs. Omolola Awogbamila and Mr. Festus Ogundailola rejoiced with the leadership of the school for the job well done all these years which resulted to the great honour from the Federal Government of Nigeria.
They pointed out that apart from quality academic stance; the school also inculcates moral and skills into the pupils which made them standout in all their endeavours within and outside.
In the same way, they pointed out that the tuition fee in the school is relatively small in comparison with what the school is contributing in the areas of skills and education development of the pupils.
Mr. Akinwumi Oluwaseun and Mrs. Lawanson Oluwasegun, teachers at Mummy’s Place, pointed out that they are very happy to be part of the success story of the school.
They pointed out that working in the school has helped them to develop themselves in order to give their bests in teaching profession and that they had had a change of orientation and perceptions about children upbringing.
According to them, they were encouraged to study harder to be able to meet up the standard put in place in the school management.
In their comments, Alfred Sunmisola, Ajayi Moyosoreoluwa pupils of the school whose faces were radiating the joy for the honour and award bestowed on their school stressing that they were not surprised because of the quality of education being passed on to them in the school since their kindergarten days.
In the course of the welcome jamboree, officials of the Ondo State Ministry of Education led by the Director of Quality Assurance, Mrs. Duni Famewo , were spotted as they were said to have come for what was referred to as their regular school quality assurance inspection. This is one of the ways government ensures quality service delivery by schools including private schools.
She joined the numerous admirers to congratulate Mummy’s Place on the award and the great height the school had attained over the years.
She commended the proprietress of the school for her passion and selfless service to the indigent pupils stressing that the state government scored the school high during its last quality assurance assessment carried out in the school.
The proprietress also commended the government on involving private schools in state organized seminars, talks and workshops.
While addressing the gathering Dr. (Mrs.) Damilola Oshin stressed on importance of love in raising quality children saying that with love help can come to the helpless.
In her words: “We use the instrumentality of love to educate our pupils in this school and the children have also learnt the culture of love. We discovered that love makes the helpless looks forward for better days ahead.
“What we have observed in the present generation is that, people are in love with themselves than others. Children need a lot of love; God gave us the name Mummy’s Place to represent the love of mother to children.
“When we started this school over 20 years ago with two kids in my sitting room, a woman came with her kid and said ‘someone told me there is a school here’, I said no, she should go to an already established school around but she refused after much deliberations we came to compromise and God spoke to me that what He told me long ago is starting today and after a while another person came the same way with her kid and we started with two of them.”
She returned all the glory to God for the height the school has reached today and therefore dedicated the honour to God Almighty who made the award possible at this time, and the pupils of the school for being good ambassadors of Mummy’s Place.
While responding to questions from Journalists, Dr. (Mrs.) Oshin said all and sundry have roles to play in bringing back the glory of education in the country.
In her words: “When you see a child hawking, who supposed to be in school, you need to ask why he/she is not in school.”
She said although it is painful that university students are not in schools due to strike, she called on parents and guardians in the same way, to engage them positively so that they will not become tools in the hands of the devil.
Dr. Oshin said running of schools to her, is a calling to nurture children in a Godly way and to give them all round education for them to become what God wants them to be in the nearest future.
Speaking on the visit of Federal Ministry of Education before the award, Dr. Oshin said: “When the Federal Ministry of Education came from Abuja they saw our facilities and wow, the neatness of the children, and how they are well culture and our tuition fee being considerable low in comparison with the facilities in our school.
She gladly informed the gathering, that the first set of the school graduated from university last year and are doing well in their various fields of endeavours.