Covenant University Graduate Turns Down Lucrative Job Offers To Become Village Teacher

Nigeria lady, Adelaja Oluwademilade, has passed up mouth-watering opportunity of working at a big urban establishment for a teaching job in a rural community in hinterlands of Lagos state

Oluwademilade, who graduated from Covenant University in 2020, said that teaching makes her happy and fulfilled than any other work.

Oluwademilade decision may seem absurd and surreal to many but she said teaching is passion she would give her all to realize her pedagogical goal.

In a LinkedIn post, she said that after completing her university education, she knew she wanted to become a teacher.

However, peer pressure from seeing friends working in big offices made her apply for a job.

Photo source: LinkedIn/Adelaja Oluwademilade Source: UGC

To teach has always been her dream Adelaja revealed that despite getting good offers from different places, she was not just satisfied with any.

After going through a note she wrote when participating in a program that was organised for final year students in her school, she had a change of mind.

In the note, she had outlined her plan for education in Nigeria. The CU graduate took the courageous step and became a teacher in a rural area of Lagos, revealing that it was the easiest decision she ever made.

Teaching makes her happy Despite Adelaja’s mother asking her to go for private schools that would pay well for her service, she did the contrary.

Her LinkedIn post partly said: “I always wanted to work in a place where I would feel happy and fulfilled everyday and that’s exactly how I feel right now.

My experience as a teacher so far has been amazing. Teaching is my service to God and Humanity and I don’t take it for granted.

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