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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2017
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A’Ibom Govt Explains Recruitment
Of 1,569 Science Teachers
UNILAG To
Host 2017 Good
Governance
Summit
IDONGESIT ASHAMERI
UYO
Governor Udom Emmanuel
of Akwa
Ibom State has linked
his decision to employ
1,569 Science Teachers
to his plan to commence engineering
courses at the state
tertiary institutions.
Governor Emmanuel made
this disclosure while interacting
with government house
School Owner
Urges Ex-Students
To Imbibe Positive
Attitude
Pastor Olusegun Alonge, Proprietor
of the Barachel Model
College, Ifako-Ijaiye, has tasked
graduate students of the college
to endeavour, as much as possible,
to develop positive attitudes
at all times in the pursuit of
their future careers.
Delivering an address during
the school’s graduation ceremony
recently, Pastor Alonge, said
life outside the classrooms and
school calls for more caution
and urged the alumnus of the
school always strive for success
and develop a sense of optimism
in their lives after school.
He advised them to shun all
forms of social vices, cultivate
the habit of reading, and inculcate
good behaviour that would
be benefitting, the families,
friends, community, country,
and the world at large.
“I seize this opportunity to
congratulate the graduates
since today marks another milestone
in your lives, the end of
your secondary schooling and
the beginning of a new page in
your lives which hopefully will
be a brighter one if you imbibe
good moral behaviours and stay
away from illicit drugs and other
vices”, he stated.
He asked them to be confident
about their abilities and
be proud of who they are, saying
they must have the desire
to achieve excellence in their
various fields of endeavours as
the decisions they make, henceforth
would determine which
way their lives will go.
According to him, they
should make maximum use of
opportunities, like Information
Technology (I.T) that is available
now at their disposal to
improve their learning as those
were not available to earlier generations.
Pre-School System Increases
Emotional Stability In Children - Ogburn
SEYI TAIWO-OGUNTUASE
LAGOS
David Ogburn, an educationist
and the Principal of Avi-Cenna
International School has stressed
the need to expose children between
the ages of two and three
to early year pre-school system.
According to him a child that
passes through this stage has
more emotional stability as well
as some basic introduction to academics
and basic counting methodologies
over others.
Addressing parents at the unveiling
of a model early Years Pre-
School and Nursery department
commissioned by Mrs. Bolanle
Ambode, wife of the Lagos state
correspondent at Ibom airport,
shortly on arrival from
an official trip to Abuja.
The Governor, who disclosed
this, explained that
he was working towards full
commencement of engineering
courses at the State Polytechnic
and University, saying
that the foundation for quality
learning must be strengthened.
He pledged to leave no stone
unturned in the training and
provision of learning infrastructure
for the young people
in science oriented courses in
secondary schools in the state.
He said his administration
decided to commence with the
recruitment of 1,569 teachers
to teach all science subjects
and English language in secondary
schools in the state.
Emphasising the need to
build capacity and strengthening
manpower ahead of the
impending economic recovery
in the country, the governor
said; “Certainly, as we prepare
governor in Ikeja, explained that
the idea was to raise the early
learning childcare provision at
the school.
According to him the centre
would offer new opportunities
to engage and stimulate a deeper
interest in learning for pupils
thereby laying a solid foundation
for entry into primary school.
“Education is much more than
what is taught in the classroom,
children learn from their community
on how to behave, they also
learn from the school environment,”
he said.
The principal said the whole
area is themed around a street
scene with brightly decorated
shops including; realistic street
furniture, adding that the school
towards economic recovery, we
need to also build capacity in
order to move on, if I don’t do
that, it means that I don’t have
faith in the economy.”
Assuring the people of the
state to remain focussed irrespective
of the distractions,
Emmanuel stated;
“I am one of those that have
full confidence in the economy,
that as we move towards the
last quarter of the year, the
economy should be back on
the part of recovery.”
Mrs. Bola Ambode, Wife of Lagos Sate Governor (left); Prince Mohammed Momoh, NYSC Lagos
Coordinator (second left) and Mrs. Rachael Ideawor, NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship
Development, SAED, officer (right) as the first lady inspects products made by corps members at the Iyana
Ipaja camp recently.
PHOTO: OYENIRAN APATA
is committed to continuous improvement
and to creating an
enabling environment for all the
pupils.
He reiterated that the idea has
to do with improvement facilities
and the way the school engages its
pupils in teaching areas especially
where there is need to develop how
to control their emotions as well as
the way they interact with other
children.
“At this stage they learn
through variety of methods not
expected of normal secondary
school students where the teacher
stands in front of the class, we inculcate
a sense of play into them,
they learn to use their body for coordination,
they learn to socialise
and communicate,” he said.
To further boost the promotion
of good governance among African
leaders, Leadtimes Africa
Magazine, in collaboration
with the Chartered Institute
of Management Consultant
(CIMC), Canada, would hold
her 3rd international edition
of the summit on Good Governance
in Africa Leadership.
This year’s summit, the
third in the series, themed,
“Promoting Good Governance
in African Leadership at the
Grassroots: A Case for Democratisation
of Local Government
in Nigeria,” will feature Dr.
Abubakar Sadiku Ohere, the
Kogi State Commissioner for
Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs, as the keynote
speaker.
The programme, billed for
the University of Lagos come
September 2017, will feature
prominent personalities who
had made meaningful impacts
on humanities in their chosen
careers.
Professor Lambe Adeyemi,
Africa Coordinator, World Association
of Academic Evaluators
and Assessors (WAAEA),
a co-convener of the summit,
who spoke to INDEPENDENT
in Lagos at the weekend, said
the event is one way of recognising
and rewarding excellence
in quality service delivery.
He said that His Royal Highness,
Alhaji (Dr.) Shaban Audu
(Nizazo111), Etsu of Kwali;
Hon. Justice Abdul Fatayi Kuti,
Pioneer Judge of Abuja High
Court; Hajiya (Dr.) Aishatu
Ngulde, former Executive Secretary,
Borno State Education
Endowment fund; Dr. Dayyabu
Garga, Plateau State Commissioner
for Local Government;
and Dr. (Mrs.) Agatha Goma,
Bayelsa State Commissioner
for Local Administration, will
serve as special guests at the
occasion.
In three separate letters
signed by Professor Buba
Mshelia, Prof. (Barr.) Lambe
A. Adeyemi and Barrister
BabajideLadega, few selected
individuals, who had distinguished
themselves would be
honoured with honorary doctorate
awards, Leadtimes Africa
Award for Transparency and
Accountability and induction
of others as Chartered Management
Consultants by Chartered
Institute of Management Consultant,
Vancouver, Canada.
Professor Adeyemi, those
to be honoured had been seen
beacon of hope for the less-privileged
and strong proponent
of good governance in African
leadership.