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...
The challenges that the rural- urban divide presents are enormous. Let us begin with the adequacy or otherwise of teacher training. Teacher training and preparation make no geographical distinctions. This might be an omission. The training of...
Where professional development is limited, schools largely rely on ‘ born leaders’. A lot depends on the agility and prowess of a rare gem of a leader. Gifted leaders tend to do things differently. They are so confident and assured. Rather than...
Those who are merely content with the delivery of a narrow, subject-based curriculum are falling short of expectations. Schools require holistic teachers who master a wide spectrum of skills. Students deserve a little more. To be honest, a school was...
It is not an option, but an imperative dictated by the circumstances of the prevailing drought of good student learning outcomes. In an education system where academic excellence is an exception rather than the norm, retention and differentiated...
It is about the interactions among all the people who live and work in it. It is about the harmonious relationships that prevail within a community occupying the same building to achieve a common purpose. A school is a learning community. Learning...
This is the ideal environment that every school needs. But the school environment is far from ideal. Schools are not insulated from trouble. Now and then, schools have to contend with mistakes and limitations that plague and undermine operational...
A limping and half-baked education system can only go as far as preparing graduates to fit into environments where opportunities are guaranteed and function in a familiar, predictable environment. The teaching of the conventional curriculum sadly...
Teaching without provoking learning is a problem in instructional practice in which a determined, serious, and caring teacher totally dominates and owns the process, with little or no input from students.The teacher carries not only the cognitive...
The heavy weight of leadership is felt most in circumstances where academic excellence is an elusive, mobile target. They often say that when times are hard, friends are few.The worst treatment and indignity a person in a position of leadership can...
Habitually, they present themselves as unfortunate and hapless victims of powerful and overwhelming external circumstances. In other words, persistently underachieving schools tend to find reasonable grounds for their predicament and state of...
The system can do better with more faith in the innovative power of the teaching profession. One factor contributing to a school’s academic prosperity is autonomy.Autonomy makes a school to be inward looking when confronted with challenges. When...
Shifting attention away from the classroom constitutes a serious academic suicide. The quest for the right pedagogy is an interminable undertaking. Even highly trained teachers with a proven track record of producing high student learning outcomes...
We have always been a winning nation, even before the advent of diamonds. We proudly remain a nation renowned for resilience and not despondency in the face of challenges. Harnessing our collective wisdom and diverse talents, we can turn existing...
Teachability is more of a function of strategy (effective teaching practices) and depends less on the academic prowess of students. All students, naturally gifted or not, require a little push from behind. The teacher factor in the equation is...
It should not be regarded as an additional burden, eating and encroaching on teaching time and distracting the teacher from the vital cause of classroom teaching and learning. Notwithstanding the value added of data, it seems data has become...
A teacher’s mastery of content and ability to rise to the challenge to deliver content in a scintillating, engaging and thought-provoking fashion should have a profound impact on student learning outcomes. There is, undeniably, a correlation...
It goes without saying that school principals are responsible for the overall health of their institutions in general and in particular presiding over production of excellent student learning outcomes. The success or otherwise of a school rests on...
Emphasis should be placed on pre-service training. This is because there is no guarantee of in-service training and professional support.To ensure the agility of school leaders and, therefore, school success, the system should boldly embark on...
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