‘Learning not complete without sports’

The Proprietor of The Frontrunners’ Group of Schools, Odutola Street, Oke-Ado, Ibadan Pastor Kayode Adeyemi, has said learning is not complete without psychomotor skills.

Adeyemi, who stated this in his opening speech during the Frontrunners’ inter-house competition, held recently at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan stressed that sporting activities aid the development of psychomotor skills in children.

He added that sports also helped to develop competitive team spirit in youths, saying participation in sporting activities also engendered cordial relations among students.

Adeyemi also noted that inter-house sports activities afforded both wards and parents the pleasure of coming together in a celebrative mood, which he said, was crucial for our well-being.

Speaking , chairman on the occasion, Pastor Kola  Akeredolu, said  sports is a fundamental activity capable of promoting comprehensive development, adding  that it is an aspect of education  that should be made compulsory in the curriculum.

Akeredolu, who noted that sports contributed to mental development of a child, advised parents to continue to encourage their wards to participate in sporting activities so that they could develop necessary skills that would make them celebrities in the world of sports.

Yellow House emerged the overall winner in the event which featured picking the balls, blind folding, biggy race, among other sports events.

Dignitaries at the event were Honourable Abidemi Olagoke, Princess Rosemary Mojisola Agbaje, Mrs Oluwakemi Salako, Mrs Justina Joseph and Pastor Olawoye Omotayo, among others.