WAEC English Language 2020 Theory — Question 4

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A Speech Delivered by Emeka and Nnanna at the Welcome Party Organised for the New Principal, Mr Adebayo Kola The chairman, Parents, Principal, Teachers, Distinguished Guests and Fellow students, I count it a rare privilege for me to present a welcome speech in honour of Mr. Adebayo Kola, the in-coming principal of Gbadebo College. I say this because I had my Junior Secondary Education at Great Brain College, Epe where Mr. Adebayo was once a principal and I can testify to the effective administrative system he ran while I was a student there. My parent's relocation to Surulere brought me to Gbadebo college and I'm glad seeing you again. Sir, I've so much confidence that your tenure will usher in unprecedented progress in this school. I appreciate God for giving us a leader like you in a time our school needs to step up in order to consolidate its achievement and reputation. While our school hasn't been doing badly before your arrival, I needn't shy away from a number of problems we are facing as students. It's thus our hope that the new leadership will live up to expectation by resolving these challenges as this will aid our learning and performance. Sir, one of the problems is power supply that has been annoyingly epileptic. This is affecting our studies in a number of ways: the electronic boards the school authorities bought to aid teaching have been redundant after their installation. Boarding students also find it difficult reading at night in their hostels, because there is no means of seeing through the pages of books without putting off the candle. The generator lacks the capacity to power the entire hostel. The other day, a student slept off with the candle. The flame burnt the reading table and spread to the wooden wall. Save for quick intervention, we'd be here talking about loss of lives and property. We count on your regime to champion a solution to this challenge. Sir, I should also inform you that our library has remained almost empty after the looting incident that occurred here. It happened during the last term holiday when the fence behind the library building collapsed. Looters came to cart away virtually all the newly bought books. We've tabled this before the representatives of the PTA, but haven't got their response so far. It's our hope that the new administrative will facilitate this. The only way we complement what we learn in the classroom is by exploring knowledge through reading in the library. Reading is very instrumental in academic activities in our academic performances. Another challenge is that the number of students we have in our class is unbearably high - about 55 students in each class. Our classes are too crowded. This affects learning as there is no adequate attention from teachers, especially on the less brilliant students. Building more structures/classrooms will solve this problem as each class will now have arms. Most times, when two subjects — say, chemistry and literature — are to be held simultaneously, the Arts students would leave the class for the science ones, and go to the school hall or elsewhere where there are benches, instead of chairs, lockers and board. This is not convenient, I must say. I pray that as your administration will be working towards the progress of the school, your stay here will be memorable, and your labour in this service will not be in vain. Once again, on behalf of teachers, parents and students, I welcome you sir.