On an expedition to Tarkwa Bay Government Secondary School, Gallant Graces, a foundation birthed by JSK Consulting Group, led its team to educate secondary school girls on basic etiquettes necessary while they journey through the path of leadership.
Gallant Graces Foundation headed by Janet Adetu, etiquette expert, MD/CEO of JSK, lauded the need to impacting lives on leadership, etiquette, grooming, and manners and about them living their dream.
“Our girls are nation builders and we can’t do anything but make sure we look behind us as we watch our nation grow and help them reach their goals and fulfil their purpose,” Adetu told BusinessDay in an interview.
Speaking on why it is important they visited Tarkwa Bay Secondary School, Adetu highlighted major challenges faced by the school, stating how isolated from the real world the school was, hence the need to mentor these students occasionally.
Constrained by river surrounding the school, sand and virtually no means of transportation within the geographical location, corps members show little or no interest to be posted to such school, thereby reducing the chances to learn proper manners and limited to peer influences, which in most cases “are village like,” she noted.
Among deficiencies noticed among the students were shouting, bad sitting postures, poor dressing and character flaws to mention but a few. This Gallant Graces Foundation sought to address under the acronym “GOLD”- grooming (hygiene, personal care, and presentation), Opportunity (Mentorship, Scholarship and Angel networking), Leadership and Decorum.
Speaking on the motivation to start up a foundation, Adetu explained that during the course of her training at JSK Consulting, “some of the girls I talk with come to me telling me they are shy, having low self-esteem, and not confident,” feeling they need help to overcome these challenges.
“Boys need the same grooming, however, we are focusing on girls today. We will do something to promote the boy grooming in the nearest future as this is the major issue confronting them,” she explained.
Ayodeji Ademiniyi, principal of the school, revealed this was the first of its kind in the history of the school, expressing his gratitude to the foundation and confident about the positive resultant effect of the Foundation’s actions.
“I want to use this opportunity to call out other foundations to embark on grooming young individuals to attaining greatness, especially in a world filled with bad influences,” Ademiniyi told BusinessDay.
