15/11/2024
A concern citizen and educationist in funtua Alh Suleiman shehu maska has stressed the need for wealthy individuals in funtua zone to extend support to the newly established community based orphans school at makera area in funtua town.
Alh Suleiman shehu maska who is also the Director of the school which is called "Funtua Orphanage Education and Development Initiative" said the purpose of establishing the school is to assist the orphans children of the less previllaged to have the right type of Western and islamic education in the society.
Avisit to the school shows that it was established in 2023 and has over one hundred pupils at present who were in primary 1-2.
Alh Suleiman shehu maska who is now serving as the Director of the school said the school is being run with the financial support souced from people who know about the school in funtua.
He said from the on set one individual bought a house that was converted to serve as the school premises while another one renovated the entire school.
The beneficiaries of the initiative are orphan children from the catchment area of makera, unguwar Musa,sabuwar Abuja,Bagari,and ungueat Dahiru among others.
The Director of The school noted that the pupils were in four class from class one to class two.
The school he said is for every child who is really an orphan and from the less previllaged homes.
Before admitting the orphan children on the school they must under go a screening to verify them as truly orphans before admitting them.
The orphans he said were given Western education along side Islamic education with five teachers being paid some substential amount from the little the school generated.
Alh Suleiman shehu maska clarified that the admission is free and all other expenses in the school is also free.The Director said teachers with NCE are given 20,000 while Degree holders are given 25,000 and the headmaster of the school is being paid 35,000 naira each.
Alh Suleiman shehu maska seized the opportunity an called on those who have the means to come forward to support the school as sadaqatul jariya.
He praised funtua local government chairman for given approval for a monthly allowance of 100,000 to the school every month which the school has already started benefiting.