The Osun state Commissioner for Education, Kolawole Wasiu Omotunde-Young, yesterday, 1 June, 2018, visited Abolarin College, Oke-Ila, Orangun, where he spent quality time with the students and teachers. 

Omotunde-Young expressed his satisfaction with the level of impact the college was making in the students. According to him, “Abolarin College is an excellent example of what every great college should be and the positive impact education in the lives of the student is very much evidence for all to see”. 

Abolarin College was founded by the Orangun of Oke-Ila Orangun, Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin. His mission is to use his royal stool to redefine the face of education in Nigeria.

The school is completely free including the boarding facilities. It was founded with the vision of providing free world class, quality education to children picked from the streets and those from poor homes, whose parents cannot afford their education.

The school presently has over 80 students, who are learning in a conducive academic environment and have access to necessary education materials, which include personal laptops, library, textbooks, school bags, uniforms, writing materials and other stuffs. It is a full-boarding facility, and the students are fed with quality meals daily. 

The students speak at least, three languages fluently – English, French and Yoruba. They are groomed to approach the future without fear or trepidation. With a specially designed and regulated curriculum, students receive all round education that extends beyond the walls of the classroom. They are not only intellectually sound, they are trained to be independent, successful entrepreneurs and equally excellent agriculturists. They spend one hour daily on the school farm to produce some of the food they eat.