Olori Atuwatse Urges Introduction Of Farming in Secondary School Curriculum, Advises Govt
She made this call during the launch of a substantial farmland at Dom Domingos College, Edjeba, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, named the ‘Love Garden.’ She emphasized that farming is a crucial factor in enhancing the revenue of individuals and nations, regardless of their level of education.
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The wife of Olu of Warri, Olori Atuwatse III, has renewed the call to bring back school farming into the curriculum of Secondary schools in the country, as a way of encouraging the young ones to take to farming early enough as an alternative means of self sustenance.
She made this call during the launch of a substantial farmland at Dom Domingos College, Edjeba, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, named the ‘Love Garden.’ She emphasized that farming is a crucial factor in enhancing the revenue of individuals and nations, regardless of their level of education.
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She elaborated on her ‘Love Garden’ initiative, which has been active for the past two years in secondary schools. The initiative aims to foster an awareness of farming among young people of all genders from an early age. She further stated that the practice of farming, through the cultivation of small-scale farms even in comfortable environments, would familiarize them with farming techniques.
In her words, “This initiative is an intensive campaign for the resuscitation of School Garden in institutions of learning in Delta state and Warri kingdom in particular because it remains a feasible way of stimulating the interest of youths in practical agriculture at their tender age.” “Through school farms, students can also support in serving their immediate families, communities as well as the nation because they would be making money from the sales of the left over of some of these farm produce after they had been well feed.”
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The Olu’s wife pointed out that school farming could play a significant role in instilling confidence and entrepreneurial skills in children.
She disclosed the desire to take the initiative to the next level by planting some economic trees in the Garden that could assist in generating more revenue that would fund immediate needs of the school and maintenance of the classrooms.
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She concluded by urging the Delta State government and corporate organizations in the state to “give further boost to the initiative by replicating the establishment of school gardens in colleges. The more hands coming together to do this across the state and possibly across Nigeria, the better for all of us,” she stated.
