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The existence of two classes of subjects in the curriculum appears to be more of a perception rather than a reality. The attempt to make a distinction between, on the one hand, the so-called more taxing and exacting subjects and less rigorous and...

It is founded and anchored on the principle of collective responsibility. It is a system of governance recognising the participation of all constituents of a school in the smooth running of the organisation. For power to be effective and magnified,...

Students’ performance data is an advisory note on how well the teachers are delivering classroom instruction and how well students are receiving classroom instruction and applying themselves. Teaching and assessment make teacher-student classroom...

She was a soft spoken, unassuming but gifted teacher. One of her enviable qualities, which endeared her to the students, was the wisdom of building harmonious and cordial relations with her students while also making them feel at ease. Teachers who...

That is how schooling experience felt in the last half of the 1970s. The school system was less tolerant of anything coming outside itself . The school even changed the names of our parents and grandparents gave us and replaced them with its own...

The plague of under-achievement of schools has been a topical issue, which has preoccupied educators and other critical stakeholders for a prolonged period of time yet there has not been any visible signs of recovery or concrete and appropriate...

Pushing for a transformative agenda designed to upgrade a struggling school should necessarily begin from a human-centred platform. Anything short of this approach may achieve short-term gains and not necessarily accomplish a much more desired...

It is important, therefore, to avoid at all costs a state where a school loses its spark and relegates to a desperate level of becoming synonymous with hopelessness. A school seeking to stay afloat and intentionally rooted on its purpose should...

Almost invariably, all private English Medium schools are synonymous with academic excellence. Take for example, Maruapula School. I have known and heard about the school since childhood as a top brand, rendering effective teaching and learning...

Accomplishment of organisational goals takes hard work, good planning and execution. The education system is facing a very big elephant in the room, a stubborn culture of underachievement. A continuing culture of academic under achievement calls into...

There should be continuing movement towards achieving greater success. What should be borne in mind is that a school is synonymous with hope and that its purpose is to discharge more and improved teaching and learning experiences. Failing students,...

This applies equally to those organisations seemingly doing well but desiring to gain some competitive edge to outsmart rivals. One way through which an organisation can overcome hurdles and achieve goals is to recruit the right people. The question...

A feeling of common ownership creates a formidable bond between the school and community, building an environment in which educators and the community, in which the school is built, collectively take responsibility for all that is happening in a...

The answer is a strong and unequivocal yes. Yes, they can. Nothing is impossible. Working in an atmosphere of adversity, public schools had acquitted themselves well in some distant past. There was a lean period in the history of the education sector...

The one common denominator of all schools that rose from the ashes to become academic champions is that they were all led. Properly, courageously, and fearlessly ed. One is well aware that other people place emphasis on other factors. And that given...