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  • ‘Emulate our head teacher’

    ‘Emulate our head teacher’

    Saint Finbarrs College, Akoka Old Students Association have urged leaders to emulate its late headteacher, Pa Aloysius Kpotie.

     It spoke at a tributes event and novelty match in honour of Kpotie, who died April 26, at 90. He was the longest-serving headteacher, from 1977 to 1998.

    The students promised to immortalise him and others who led the school.

     Chair of Parent-Teacher Association, Dominic Malagu, said: “Pa Kpotie impacted us. The college has produced great men, and this is a result of the of Kpotie. He was like a father.

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    “We have projects we will name after him, and an award in his honour.

    “We’ll cater for his funeral. President, Patrick Doyle, had supported him and Welfare took care of his bills. Leaders should emulate his credibility.

    His son, Robert, said: “My father was an enigma. Baba touched lives; I pray his children follow his legacy…’’

  • Man arrested for threatening to kidnap head teacher

    A 27-year-old man, Endurance Udebu, has been paraded by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly threatening to kidnap the Head Teacher of Edeikholo Grammar School, Ubiaja, Mr. Ukhun Jacob.

    He was alleged to have demanded N400,000 from Jacob, or else he would kidnap and kill him.

    The Nation learnt that Jacob started looking for money to pay, but was advised to report to the police.

    It was gathered that the suspect was arrested through high technical intelligence at Illushi in Esan Southeast Local Government.

    Endurance told reporters that he resorted to extorting money from Jacob because he needed money.

    He said he collected the phone number of the head teacher from a friend.

    Police Commissioner Mohammed Danmallam said the suspect would soon be arraigned.

  • Head teacher to make college a model

    The head teacher of the College of Education at Ikere-Ekiti Demonstration Secondary School, Dr Ibitola Makinde, has pledged to build on the achievements of his predecessors to make the school one of the best in the country.

    Dr Makinde, who listed some of the school’s achievements in the last academic session at a stakeholders’ meeting, promised better performance in the next academic session with the support of the management and other stakeholders.

    The head teacher said the college recorded 100 per cent successes in all its external examinations.

    She said: “My vision to ensure and maintain excellence in academic and character has remained unchanged. I have passionately pursued the goal of producing future leaders who can truly raise their heads among their equals and who can truly defend the certificates they earned.”

    According to her, students of the school were the overall best in last year’s West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations as well as the Junior Secondary School (JSS) category.

    Dr Makinde said: “In line with our slogan: We Are the Best, our student, Akinyemi Oluwajomiloju, was the Pyramid Foundation Award winner for being the Best Student in the 2016 WAEC/NECO results in Ikere Local Government Area while Daramola Damilola won in the JSS3 category.”

    The school, the head teacher said, recorded successes in sports, winning many gold and silver medals in sporting activities at local and state levels.

    She said: “We came first in the Southwest handball competition at Osogbo, Osun State capital. We have qualified for other competitions that will come up next session. Prominent among them is the students’ project on sewage management, where sewage waste was used as bio bricks.”

    Praising the teachers for their commitments for grooming the pupils for better performance, the head teacher thanked the school management for creating conducive learning environment for teachers and pupils.

    She drew the attention of the management and the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) to some challenges facing the institution and called for prompt attention to address them.

    The Provost of the college, Prof Mojisola Oyarekua, congratulated Dr Makinde, the workers and pupils for the school’s achievements.

    She urged them not to give up because of the challenges the school was facing.

  • AOCOED Staff School crisis: Report vindicates head teacher

    The  report of a committee set up by the Ademiran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto/Ijanikin to investigate the crisis at the AOCOED International School (AIS) and AOCOED Staff School (ASS) that occurred last year following the separation of the schools from the financing of the college, has absolved the ASS head teacher, Mr Sunday Ogunmade, of blame in the alleged stabbing of a teacher.

    The college Governing Council’s  directive to de-harmonise teachers of both schools from its wage bill did not go down well with the teachers of the school.

    A protest ensued when some of the teachers, who failed to sign an undertaken to agree to a new salary structure, were not paid their February (2016) salary.

    In the course of the protest, one of the teachers, Mr Olugbenga Agboola, was allegedly stabbed by Ogunmade when the protesters laid siege on the headteacher’s office.

    The report, however, exonerated Ogunmade of blame and clarified that the victim fell when the head teacher was trying to force his way out of his office, having sensed danger from the protesting teachers.

    The report, exclusively obtained by The Nation, reads in part: “At about 08:40am, a group of ASS teachers marched to the Headteacher’s office, ordered him to vacate his office immediately. After being faced with a threat to his life, Mr Ogunmade forcefully pushed his way through to escape to safety.

    “During the process, a few staff fell and one of them is Mr Agboola Olugbenga, who got himself injured with a cut on the head.

    “It took spirited efforts of security men to rescue Mr Ogunmade from the mob. A few security officers got some internal dislocations and lost or got properties damaged.”

    The report further condemned the teachers for arming themselves with dangerous weapons during the protest and denied both the principal and the headteacher of AIS and ASS access to their offices and the school premises.

    The five-member committee, which was chaired by Mrs Somoye Bisoye, a member of staff of the college, had its terms of reference which included: investigating the immediate and remote causes of the fracas, invite individuals directly or indirectly connected to the crisis and identify and sanction those culpable, among others.

    However, the Lagos State government, which also waded into the crisis, recommended sanctions for the erring teachers.

    Speaking with The Nation, Chairman, Committee on Education, Lagos State House of Assembly, Lanre Ogunyemi, said part of the resolution of the House was that all those found culpable in the crisis should be punished appropriately.

    Due to the persistence of the situation then, the lawmaker said the House set up two different committees each chaired by the Deputy Speaker Sanni Eshilokun to find lasting solution to the crisis.

    “The first committee is to probe the finances of the school while the second committee is meant to work out modalities to make both the primary and secondary schools autonomous of the college. This is to relieve the college of the financial commitment of running the two schools,” Ogunyemi said.

     

     

  • AOCOED Staff School crisis: Report vindicates head teacher

    AOCOED Staff School crisis: Report vindicates head teacher

    •Protesters indicted

    The report of a committee set up by the Ademiran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto/Ijanikin to investigate the crisis at the AOCOED International School (AIS) and AOCOED Staff School (ASS) that occurred last year following the separation of the schools from the financing of the college, has absolved the ASS head teacher, Mr Sunday Ogunmade, of blame in the alleged stabbing of a teacher.
    The college Governing Council’s directive to de-harmonise teachers of both schools from its wage bill did not go down well with the teachers of the school.
    A protest ensued when some of the teachers, who failed to sign an undertaken to agree to a new salary structure, were not paid their February (2016) salary.
    In the course of the protest, one of the teachers, Mr Olugbenga Agboola, was allegedly stabbed by Ogunmade when the protesters laid siege on the headteacher’s office.
    The report, however, exonerated Ogunmade of blame and clarified that the victim fell when the head teacher was trying to force his way out of his office, having sensed danger from the protesting teachers.
    The report, exclusively obtained by The Nation, reads in part: “At about 08:40am, a group of ASS teachers marched to the Headteacher’s office, ordered him to vacate his office immediately. After being faced with a threat to his life, Mr Ogunmade forcefully pushed his way through to escape to safety.
    “During the process, a few staff fell and one of them is Mr Agboola Olugbenga, who got himself injured with a cut on the head.
    “It took spirited efforts of security men to rescue Mr Ogunmade from the mob. A few security officers got some internal dislocations and lost or got properties damaged.”
    The report further condemned the teachers for arming themselves with dangerous weapons during the protest and denied both the principal and the headteacher of AIS and ASS access to their offices and the school premises.
    The five-member committee, which was chaired by Mrs Somoye Bisoye, a member of staff of the college, had its terms of reference which included: investigating the immediate and remote causes of the fracas, invite individuals directly or indirectly connected to the crisis and identify and sanction those culpable, among others.
    However, the Lagos State government, which also waded into the crisis, recommended sanctions for the erring teachers.
    Speaking with The Nation, Chairman, Committee on Education, Lagos State House of Assembly, Lanre Ogunyemi, said part of the resolution of the House was that all those found culpable in the crisis should be punished appropriately.
    Due to the persistence of the situation then, the lawmaker said the House set up two different committees each chaired by the Deputy Speaker Sanni Eshilokun to find lasting solution to the crisis.
    “The first committee is to probe the finances of the school while the second committee is meant to work out modalities to make both the primary and secondary schools autonomous of the college. This is to relieve the college of the financial commitment of running the two schools,” Ogunyemi said.

  • Head teacher bolts with school’s N300, 000

    A 38-year-old headteacher, David Ijadele, who allegedly stole N305, 200 from Rich Way School, Ikosi-Ketu in Lagos, was yesterday brought before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court.

    The accused, a resident of Elebiju in Ketu area, is facing a charge of stealing.

    According to the prosecutor, Sergeant Lucky Ihiehie, the complainant, Mrs Aderonke Adewole, reported the theft at Ketu Police Station.

    Ihiehie said the complainant, the proprietress of the school, had employed the accused as the headteacher and accountant of the school in 2014.

    He said the complainant discovered that the N305, 000 was missing from the school between September 2015 and January 2016 when the accused left the school.

    “The accused had collected money from the students to register them for WAEC examinations and other fees for laboratory.

    “Some students’ school fees and some amount meant for the teachers’ salary which he did not remit to the schools’ account are also included in the N305, 200.”

    Ihiehie added that the accused, knowing full well what he had done, decided to resign from the school before he could be exposed.

    Ijadele pleaded innocence.

    Magistrate O. Sule-Amzat admitted the accused to a N20,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    She said one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the accused with an evidence of gainful employment.

    “The sureties should deposit N25, 000 each in the account of the Chief Registrar and produce an evidence of tax payment.”

    The magistrate adjourned the case to November 23.

  • SUBEB summons head teacher for alleged extortion

    The Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has summoned the head mistress of Ahabam Primary School, Asaba, the state capital, Mrs. Franca Odita, over allegations of extortion and absenteeism.

    The Chairman of the board, Elijah Ologie, who made this known shortly after monitoring of resumption of schools in the state, said  culprits would be sanctioned.

    Mrs. Odita allegedly asked National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed in the school  pay N1, 500 for buying plastic chairs before they can work in the school.

    Ologie expressed sadness over the manner some head teachers administer schools in the state.

    Said Ologie: “Appropriate disciplinary measures will be meted out to defaulting teachers. We have invited the head teacher of the school to the board, the lapses are too grave and I don’t think that the board will take it likely. We have gotten the report before and this is just a confirmation”.

    The SUBEB boss continued:  “We have withheld a lot of teachers’ salaries for various degrees of offences; some were suspended, some lost their jobs and it is quite a grave punishment.”

    He charged teachers to change their attitude towards the improvement of education in the state.

    “We cannot play with the future of our children and society,” he added.

    Ologie urged parents to release their children upon resumption in order to meet up with academic work.

    “The purpose of this monitoring is to ensure that pupils and teachers resume promptly.The turnout is very poor, considering that pupils have resumed for some time and up till now, you don’t have a lot of them in the classroom. Teachers, too, are not helping matters. It is quite disappointing,” Ologie lamented.

    He noted that the government had done well in providing facilities for teachers to inculcate quality education. He noted that teachers were lacking in this regard.

  • Head teacher signs off after 35 years

    After serving in the Lagos local government educational authority for 35 years Mrs. Silifat Olufunke Badmus relinquished her pen from classroom to rest for good. Mrs. Badmus retired as an assistant head teacher at Local Government Primary School, Magbon-Mushin.

    The event which was Mrs Badmust send off party brought teachers, pupils and union members in Mushin local government, where she served for many years. Some of the children she also taught celebrated their heroine with dance presentation among other activities.

    One after the other, colleagues and relation stepped forward to give their remarks about the retiree.

    Mrs. Badmus was speaking at the send off party with friends and colleagues at Local Government Primary School, Magbon Mushin Lagos when she advice the state government to speed up payment of pension and gratuity to pensioners in the state.

    “Fashola government should please take good care of retirees health and warfare since we don’t have any other job to do as fulltime” Mrs, Badmus said.

    A colleague and friend Mrs Joyce Ogidan said having known Badmus for over 15 years, she would not be wrong to say the retiree was hardworking and committed to duty.

    Similarly, Badmus’ successor Mrs. M.D Olugunna, described her former boss as transparent, truthful, loving, kind, and worthy of emulation.

    She said in her short tributes: “I realised you posses some immeasurable qualities of a leader, committed to her work. This in turn resulted in excellence in all your doings while in service. Moreso, you are such a leader that desires the growth, development of your subordinates. Having said these, I am bidding you farewell that as you go, the Grace of Almighty will be with you.”

    Badmus’ better half Mr Badmus described her as a lovely wife who combines her matrimonial duty with work.

    In her appreciation, the retiree thanked all in attendance particularly Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola’ giant strides in the state.

    “The governor is working very well to see that teachers get the best warfare on the job” Badmus said.

  • Police: Buhari’s head teacher not dead

    Police: Buhari’s head teacher not dead

    The Katsina Police Command has dispelled rumours of the alleged murder of Malam Ballo Isyaku, head teacher of Government College, Katsina, who released Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate.

    The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Sadiq, made the denial to reporters in Katsina.

    He said the command had contacted top officials of the ministry of Education and they confirmed that the principal was hale and hearty.

    Sadiq said the command also contacted the commissioner for Education and the zonal director of Education, who assured the police that the rumour was false.

    “We are surprised to read the story online that the principal had been killed by unknown gunmen.

    “The command wishes to state that the principal in question is currently organising a naming ceremony for a baby that came into his family,” he said.

    The PPRO called on the members of the public to disregard the publication as the handiwork of mischief-makers, adding that some disgruntled elements were out to cause disaffection among the residents of Katsina.

    The social media had been spreading the rumour that Isyaku had been assassinated by unknown gunmen for releasing the certificate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate.

  • Head teachers get leadership training

    Ability to interpret a school’s vision and cultivate healthy interaction with workers, parents and pupils were some of the skills head teachers were told to acquire during a leadership training for head teachers of private schools in Lagos.

    The event, organised by the Centre for Human Security (CHS) of the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library, Abeokuta, was aimed at improving the efficiency of head teachers in their leadership role.

    The teachers were told to learn to relate the educational objectives of the school to instructional practices to generate good learning outcomes from the pupils. They were also taught how to interact with fellow teachers and parents for a healthy communication to take place and how to employ disciplinary methods that best suit situations as they come.

    In addition to the above, they were advised to update their knowledge, assist teachers in classrooms, learn ways to spice up the daily teaching process and move with modern trend of managing basic schools especially in using Information Communication Technology (ICT) to boost their delivery.

    The Director of CHS, Prof Peter Okebukola, represented by Mrs Omotayo Ikotun, the visiting administrative fellow, CHS, said basic education is the core of progress and development in modern societies.

    She urged the head teachers to exhibit leadership traits even in the face of challenges.

    “Despite the significant progress in Africa and particularly in Nigeria, the basic education system is still facing a number of challenges. Many of these challenges such as industrial strike action, lack of writing materials by pupils, etc, are many times outside the sphere of your influence as head teachers. But when these pupils are in school, you need to give them a reason to want to come the next day, and every other day. This is called leadership,” she said.

    The organisers also appealed to the Federal government and Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to resolve their differences.

    Expressing her appreciation Mrs Adebisi Salako, head teacher of Tender Age Children School, Ebute Metta, said the training was an eye opener.

    “The programme is a brilliant one. In my school some parents don’t allow their wards to read Basic Six and this has affected me badly. My primary five is now primary six and it has also led to a great loss on me. Another issue is parents taking their children to another school whereas they are still owing in the previous school.

    “They don’t see the need to pay anymore. This act is not good. With the suggestions made at this seminar for proprietors to a least demand for written document from the previous school from any pupil who wants transfer to a new school, If only we can articulate this idea, I think all schools will have equal treatment . I have also learnt more on how I can use the internet to advance my school,” he said.

    Another head teacher Mrs Grace Udoh said she has learnt how to tackle some challenges that she has been doing wrongly and also that CHS should make it a routine programme for public schools.