‘REPOSITIONING
EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL GUARANTEE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’
irector of
Mayfield Montessori Private School, Okota, Lagos, Mrs. Maria Oby Okechukwu, has
called on policy makers to reposition the country’s education system, content
and delivery so as to achieve a national development.
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Speaking with newsmen
at the school’s “Read 2 Learn Programme,” launched recently, Okechukwu said
effort should also be made to increase support for educational programmes, as
doing so will increase literacy among the citizens.
She urged good
spirited individuals and corporate organisations to help promote and sponsor
educational programmes rather than entertainment, which according to her,
promotes mediocrity over robust educational content.
She
said: “No nation can succeed without massive investment in education. Education
remains the best legacy that can be given to any individual and that is why we
are striving to ensure quality delivery to our pupils. Policy makers in the
education sector should therefore redesign the education content and delivery
methodology so that our country can begin to reap the dividends of good
education system.”
On the newly launched
programme, she said that the school was making conscientious effort to
vigorously encourage children to imbibe sound reading culture. She called on
parents and teachers to join hands in developing ways to make reading
attractive to pupils.
“The decline in the
reading habit of children and the youths can be traced to their sudden
dedication to social media platform which had negative impact on their
personality, comportment and reasoning. In Mayfield, we buy gifts as incentives
or rewards to children who can finish a reading task; this propels them to want
to outshine others.
“Our main focus is on
providing solid primary education such that when our children graduates and
write exams for higher education they will always be on top. Our curriculum is
tailored in such a way that each child is raised to stand out. We have periodic
parent-teacher meeting to decide a number of things geared towards producing a
total child,” she added. READ MORE
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