Determined to produce the next generation of self-reliant students, Anthos House, Lagos, an arm of Greensprings School, said it has given the Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network (ASDAN) certificates to students for the successful completion of vocational courses.
Speaking during the recent presentation of certificates to the students, Barney Wilson, deputy director of Education of Greensprings School, said the students were certified after acquiring life skills, relationships, citizenship, responsibilities, and skill on how to comport themselves.
“These students know about humanity, decency, and respect. The ASDAN programme gives them the life skills they need to be successful. This is the first of many completions and many certificates. These students are earning their certificates. They are the first in the history of Anthos House to be receiving an ASDAN certification,” Wilson said.
Kimberley Scollard, head of the school of Anthos House, said a child diagnosed with a learning disorder could excel academically.
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“It is wonderful to see all their hard work being rewarded with a certificate that is a recognisable transferable certificate,” Scollard said.
She described the students as smart, dedicated, and talented, adding that the programme enabled them to discover things about themselves that they had no idea of.
Scollard said that Anthos House teaches all the courses that a mainstream school teaches, but the subjects are more practical.
On her part Atinuke Ogunnaike, assistant principal, Anthos House, said just as students in mainstream schools require IGCSE and other certificates for further studies, the special needs students require ASDAN certifications.
She said the certificate is equivalent to the BTech, but while BTech is timed, ASDAN allowed the students to achieve the certification at their pace.
