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Building a sustainable culture of excellence

This is the last instalment for 2023. The column has been consistent and relentless in its endeavour to generate debates on strategy and topical issues surrounding the teaching profession.

It was not just about provoking debates for their own sake but to build a sustained culture of academic excellence while inculcating a love for the teaching profession, especially in the minds of the novice teacher and to inspire hope among those who might be losing faith and confidence in the profession.

The reason is that if the teaching profession, the hub of any nation, loses its spark, the world will go adrift. I find it fit and proper to end the year by walking the reader through the original, unadulterated character of the teaching profession. Where possible and necessary, one would lace the story with examples drawn from one’s 30-year-old journey as a teacher and education manager.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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