Corin Solarin, the first child of the late human rights activist and educationist, Dr Tai Solarin, on Monday, emphasised that her father, the founder of Mayflower School, Ikenne-Remo, believed that holistic education must be combined with practical skills acquisition. Solarin said one factor that set the 70-year-old secondary school apart—and helped lay a solid foundation for thousands of its alumni—was the culture of engaging students in vocational activities such as farming, poultry, plumbing, and other trades, as established by the school’s founder. She expressed satisfaction with recent government moves to institutionalise vocational and skills acquisition alongside academic learning in schools,…
