WAEC English Language 2017 Theory — Question 3

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Islamic Memorial School, Egbeda, Lagos. 17th September, 2017. The Chair, Parent-Teacher Association, Islamic Memorial School, Egbeda, Lagos. Dear Sir, REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE I write on behalf of the entire students of Islamic Memorial School to first show our heart-felt gratitude for the block of classrooms you built for us. We pray that Allah bless you all. Sir, we humbly request your assistance once more regarding the provision for a stand-by generator which is a dire need to achieve academic excellence in the school. Our power supply has been erratic and frustrating. We are now used to total blackout for weeks which has reduced our efficiency and productivity in terms of our reading capacities. Sir, electricity is an important resource in every academic environment because it would motivate students, teachers, researchers etc. to hard work. The lack of such facility will encourage laziness and nonchalance. Sir, as a result of our erratic power supply, students have resorted to the use of candles which, though a brilliant initiative, has its own negative consequences. Students sometimes sleep off when reading while the candle light is still on. This results in serious damage to properties and also endangers the lives of such students. Last week, a room in the female hostel caught fire as a result of the usage of candles that were not put off. As a result, all the furniture, fittings, and fixtures in that room got burnt. I believe their respective parents will not be happy with this ugly incident. Furthermore, because of the usual black-out, culprits have decided to leverage on this to perpetrate their evil acts of stealing. There have been reported cases of stolen items which is mostly done in the cover of the night. I am of the view that this would reduce if we have electricity as everyone would be vigilant. Also, students are reluctant using the school computers because power could be taken at any time. Since we do not have U.P.S. and most of our works are not saved on the desktops. These computers are currently useless as no one is using them. As a result of the above, we humbly request that you come to our aid by providing us with a stand-by generator which would not only spur academic excellence and diligence but would reduce accident, theft and enhance productivity. We anticipate a positive response. Thank you, Sir. Mukaila Rasheed, Senior Prefect