Corps members and a staff of the school visited |
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Community Development Service (CDS) Group, Karu, under the umbrella of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Organizes Awareness & Sensitization Program at Government Secondary School, Nyanya Gbagyi, Nassarawa state.
Amongst other things, some of the targets of the Sustainable development goal number 4 includes: ensuring that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes.
By 2030, all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education. In working towards a qualitative target of the goal, members of the SDG CDS group, Karu, on Monday June 20th 2016 organized an awareness and sensitization program. Topics treated included the negative effects of pre-marital sex, alcohol/illicit drug abuse, homosexuality, cultism etc. The President, Sarah Osikhueme, led the group, together with the executive committee, which included Ikenna George Ononiwu (Secretary), Odinaka Onovo (Public Relations Officer), Stella Egbujor (Treasurer), and Anthony Chuke (Provost).
The Public Relations Officer of the Club sensitizing the Students |
Some corps members representing the members in the SDG CDS group |
Most students of the school were present and they all left with a word or two of wisdom, as well as gift items presented by members of the SDG |