Bluebell Senior High School,
P. O. Box 687,
Lagos.
13th June, 2004.
The Chairman,
Board of Governors,
Bluebell Senior High School,
Lagos.
Dear Sir,
POOR STATE OF FACILITIES IN BLUEBELL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
I am writing in my capacity as the Senior Prefect of Bluebell Senior High School. In the first place, I wish to thank you very sincerely for the wonderful works you have been doing in our school since becoming the Chairman of the school's Board of Governors.
However, on behalf of the entire student population of the school, I wish to place before you our request for certain amenities which we lack in our school. This has seriously threatened the development of our beloved school for a long time and we would be grateful if you could use your good position to provide them.
In the first place, I must inform you that up till now, our school has no assembly hall. This situation has been like this for over a decade now. The importance of an assembly hall in a school cannot be over-emphasized. The students need a hall for the conduct of morning and afternoon prayers, meetings,' social activities and other co-curricular activities such as debates, quiz competitions and academic symposia. Definitely, the school needs a hall where such `activities will be held going by the population of the school. Sir, on many occasions we have had to assemble in the scorching sun or under the drizzle of rain.
Similarly, I must bring to your notice that our school has no playing field, however small. After a day's hard work, students should be encouraged to do some exercises and urged to participate in games. We could not even hold our inter-house sports competition in the school. We always make use of fields belonging to other schools which, more often than not, causes a lot of trouble for us.
In the same vein, it must be brought to your notice that our school has just a small library which is quite inadequate for the population of the school. What we have could not be called a library but a tiny reading room. There are no books to be borrowed by students and the seats provided there are grossly inadequate. The importance of the library in a school is so great that we cannot fold our arms on this issue. Obviously, the academic performance of the students will be enhanced if you could provide a bigger and adequately-equipped library for us.
Finally Sir, I thank you once again for your contribution to the development of our school, and we are still expecting more. Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
(signature)
Olutunde Ayorinde.