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It is a position that can easily attract more critics and naysayers than disciples. Drafting a vision and selling it and seeking a buy in especially in an environment where accountability has gone out of the window, is no picnic. School leadership is...

Like mount Zion teachers should stand firm, remain unshakeable and endure forever( psalm 125:1.The teaching profession is under siege, plagued and infested by overwhelming and debilitating circumstances. The profession cannot breathe properly as...

Safeguarding the integrity of the examinations is non negotiable. The one simple and unadorned message to all schools is that the rules of the game should be followed to the letter. To this end, every effort should be made by all parties involved to...

Any school manager dealing with teaching troops should first and foremost accommodate the fact that teachers are human beings before they are something else.As human beings they require facilitation - an enabling environment, one that makes room for...

They toil beyond normal working hours to give extra ordinary care and love to the most precious God given gifts - our children. The teachers fit the bill of the proverbial sacrificial lambs because of their zeal and willingness to subordinate their...

Theirs is a daunting responsibility that can lead to a burn out. The job of teaching is a harrowing experience, made even more painful by the mere fact that even recipients of their services are reluctant customers.Execution of the mission of...

The season of labouring hard in the worst of circumstances should yield and pave the way for a new dawn characterised by adequate classrooms and an arsenal in every school carrying varied teaching and learning tools.Challenges especially those...

It is against this background that teachers should not content themselves with the mere art of perfecting their mastery of teaching. Perfection of classroom delivery is not negotiable but it should be accompanied with the responsibility of ensuring...

Some think that they are doing someone a favour by being in school. Therefore no school is immune from problems. It is a truism that managing a school is a complex and intricate endeavour. And this is the reason why the question of leadership in...

It would be almost impossible to try and fix everything overnight given the scale of the work to be done and associated costs.The costs of rebuilding infrastructure from scratch could be too much to bear. Ideally every secondary school deserves...

The whole school ecosystem rests on his or her shoulders. Nonetheless, a school is a demanding and trouble prone institution which cannot be powered by a single engine. A one engine school is a fragile and limping institution destined to fly into...

Team building is a prerequisite for a successful school. More importantly any school principal requires an equally strong, supportive, trusted and reliable school principal.The school principal and his most immediate lieutenant cannot afford any...

The whole ecosystem of the school is on his or her radar.Effective principals leave lasting legacies. Their spirit lingers on long after their departure from the scene. They are present when physically absent. The principal does not necessarily...

But a school should do its best to keep foreign influence at bay. For instance, visitors should be subjected to thorough security checks. A security conscious school should, without ceasing, desire to scrutinise all visitors and those seeking to do...

This is adopting a winning mentality against all odds. Champions are built and nurtured and not necessarily born.A champion mind is not a gift from God , it is a product of a serious investment in the tasks at hand. Not all students who become top...