This scenario is not so good but very much redeemable. What turnaround strategy should be applied to get us back to the glory days? Some opinions point to schoolheads and other members of school management including head of houses (HoH) as game changers. I whole heartedly appreciate the many challenges affecting our learning institutions. They include but not limited to such areas as; teacher-learner ratios, low staff morale, dilapidating infrastructure and overloaded curriculum that seems to emphasise more of the ‘recall’ rather than imparting skills and learning how to think.
Whilst we rightfully point out the physical hiccups to prowess academic achievement, this letter seeks to make introspection on the human resource. No matter the amount of physical resources that can be availed, I am of the view that outsmarting ourselves productively in quest for better academic achievement is a personal choice. A choice that is internally driven. Choices that will shape one’s attitude and make us go an extra mile in quest for creativity and innovation. It is that choice that significantly separates excellence from mediocrity.
