{"id":4291,"date":"2022-03-23T16:13:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/new\/?page_id=4291"},"modified":"2022-04-29T19:44:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:44:37","slug":"about-our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/about-our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4291\" class=\"elementor elementor-4291\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b56f76 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b56f76\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1f6c0e\" data-id=\"e1f6c0e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db3be99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6db3be99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-founder.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-founder.png 463w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-founder-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-founder-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Reverend (Mrs.) Victoria Arinola Ajayi (VAA)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36744af1\" data-id=\"36744af1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8339128 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8339128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Reverend (Mrs.) Victoria Arinola Ajayi, born on Friday July 4, 1930 to Rev. Samuel Dada Kolawole an Anglican Minister and Mercy Yewande Kolawole (nee Akeredolu) of Usi-Ekiti, is the third of six children.<\/p><p>She had her early education at Kudeti Girls School (now St. Anne\u2019s School), Ibadan from 1944 -1946. Thereafter, she acquired professional education as a Teacher in the United Missionary College (UMC), where she obtained her Grade II Certificate in 1949. She started her teaching appointment in January 1950, in a special finishing school in Akure (Ondo Province), an Anglican School for young ladies being groomed as potential spouses to missionaries, pastors, catechists, etc.\u00a0 In January 1952, she was transferred to The Teacher Training College, Owo where students were prepared for their Grade II and Grade III Certificates.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18b2050e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18b2050e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32582397\" data-id=\"32582397\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11626a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11626a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.5 - 03-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper\" ><div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper-inner\"><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Educating Young Minds<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70ee499 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70ee499\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A seasoned educationist, focused visionary and committed Christian, she saw that the vision of \u2018affordable quality education built on strong moral and scriptural principles for young minds to \u2018overcome life challenges in an ethical manner\u2019 was maintained.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fab74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29fab74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper\" ><div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper-inner\"><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">London City Council<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d881a83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d881a83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In September 1954, she left for England on scholarship in Education under the Ondo Province. In England she attended the C.F. Mott Teacher Training College (an affiliate College of The University of Liverpool). At the end of her course of study, she secured a teaching appointment under the London County Council, where she worked until she returned to Nigeria in January 1959.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2efe928\" data-id=\"2efe928\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a99559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a99559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-700x463.jpg 700w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o-980x649.jpg 980w, https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/13988061_1787530291486238_1190095315172229142_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc0f784 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc0f784\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7a74b4\" data-id=\"f7a74b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-377402c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"377402c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38ea96f\" data-id=\"38ea96f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae7b7de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae7b7de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper\" ><div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper-inner\"><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Back Home In Nigeria<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a0539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89a0539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Back home in Nigeria, after having fulfilled the conditions of the employment bond to the Western Region, she worked as a teacher first at The Lagos Anglican Girls\u2019 Grammar School, then at The Government Demonstration School and finally at The Government Teacher Training College, now College of Education, Ijanikin. She worked several years in The Voluntary Agency, The Anglican Mission and Government Agencies, she decided to launch out and founded Yewande Memorial School.\u00a0 With her constant presence in the life of the school, even in retirement, she ensured that the same virtues upon which she built a solid foundation were preserved.A seasoned educationist, focused visionary and committed Christian, VAA, with the help and Grace of Almighty God, saw that the vision of \u2018affordable quality education built on strong moral and scriptural principles for young minds to overcome life challenges in an ethical manner\u2019 was maintained.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f189eb\" data-id=\"4f189eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2a7b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2a7b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper\" ><div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper-inner\"><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selfless Service To Humanity<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e91520c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e91520c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She was a former Chairman of Private School Owners\u2019 Association, (Surulere Chapter); a past Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of Prison Fellowship Nigeria (serving 3 terms) and a former Member of the Advisory Committee of the Prerogative of Mercy (Lagos State). She was a Lagos State Justice of the Peace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598a76e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"598a76e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper\" ><div class=\"elementor-heading-wrapper-inner\"><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transition<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6fba6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6fba6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>She transited into Glory on Wednesday October 18, 2017 at the age of 87 years<em>.<\/em><\/p><p>May the souls of Mercy Yewande Kolawole and Victoria Arinola Ajayi continue to rest in perfect love and peace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reverend (Mrs.) Victoria Arinola Ajayi (VAA) Reverend (Mrs.) Victoria Arinola Ajayi, born on Friday July 4, 1930 to Rev. Samuel Dada Kolawole an Anglican Minister and Mercy Yewande Kolawole (nee Akeredolu) of Usi-Ekiti, is the third of six children. She had her early education at Kudeti Girls School (now St. Anne\u2019s School), Ibadan from 1944 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/about-our-founder\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About Our Founder&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"opal-icon opal-icon-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4291","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5046,"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4291\/revisions\/5046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewandememorial.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}