St. Gabriel Secondary School
Oko-Ado
Ibadan
Oyo State. 26th July, 1994.
The Principal
St. Gabriel Secondary School
Oko-Ado
Ibadan.
Dear Sir,
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF OUR SCHOOL.
I wish to write you about the strengths and weaknesses of our school. Having spent six years in the school and having followed the trend of events and academic records in the school, I feel the urge to let you know the strengths and weaknesses of the school so that you can work on how to improve them.
There is no doubt that the school can boast of a good administrative system. Your excellent administrative skill has brought about the cooperation between the teaching and non-teaching staff. The Students Representative Council which you have allowed to exist so as to voice out students' need from time to time has contributed to the great cooperation between the entire staff and students of this school. This has brought about the peaceful environment, devoid of the usual wranglings and agitations which some schools around us are experiencing.
In addition to this, our school has several academic laurels to its credit. When it comes to academic competitions like literary debates and quiz, our school usually comes out on top position. This is evident in several prizes that we have won.
The standard of discipline in the school is very high. The teachers are highly disciplined and hardworking. The students are also disciplined. They come to school very early and there are just few cases of some students misbehaving in and outside the school.
However, the school has some weaknesses which I would like to draw your attention to. The school's performance in sports competitions is very poor. In the last five years, the school has not gone for any sports competition let alone winning a prize. This is not good enough. Why the students are not good in sports is that the school does not have a field where students can play football and practise other games.
Furthermore, the School's Senior Secondary Certificate Examination results have always been on the average. I still believe that we can do better as there is always room for improvement. We can do this if you could request for more teachers from the Teaching Service Commission and improve the school's library. The library is too small and the essential books are lacking.
Moreso, to improve the performance of the school, you could as well look at the school laboratories, They are not adequately equipped. In most cases, as you know, the science teachers always go to borrow science equipment from neighboring schools whenever there is going to be practicals. I would be very grateful if you could look into the areas of the school's weaknesses and improve on them.
Yours faithfully,
(signature)
Yetunde Adeyemo.