A teacher who walks 42km to school has been rewarded with a standing fan, in appreciation of his dedicated service.
Awudu Kombian, who teaches at Warvi D/A Primary School, Ghana, received the gift at the parade to mark Ghana’s 61st Independence, which held on Tuesday.
Apart from travelling such a long distance, Kombian was the only teacher in the school, and also doubled as the headmaster until recently when three teachers were posted to the school.
The school, which has a population of about 74 pupils with three classrooms, was solely taken care of by Kombian for more than a year.
As a headmaster, he performed other tasks and so the school was always closed down whenever he fell ill or travelled.
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Send your child to school or risk imprisonment
The Bayelsa State Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute any parent who refuses to allow his child to acquire formal education.
The decision came on the heels of the signing into law of the Compulsory Primary and Secondary Education Law by Governor Seriake Dickson.
Addressing journalists on Thursday after a meeting by the State Executive Council, the Commissioner for Education, Jonathan Obuebite, said that with the signing of the bill into law, every child of school age must be enrolled in any of the various model schools in the state. Obuebite warned that the parents or guardians of any child seen loitering or hawking during school hours would be dealt with as provided in the new law.
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Chrisland School reacts to child rape story
The tensed management of Chrisland School has released a statement addressing the issue of a supervisor of the school for sexually assaulting a 2-year-old pupil. The supervisor, Adegboyega Adenekan, had been charged to court after the child relayed the events of her alleged abuse to a clinical psychologist, Olive Ogedengbe.
Chrisland School, in the statement, clarified that the alleged abuse was said to have occurred in VGC, not Lekki as is reported.
The school added that although they doubt that the alleged abuse took place, they will also ensure that the truth is discovered, and will prosecute the accused if he is found guilty.
Bullies almost made me drop out of school –Ifeoma, physically challenged life coach
Sharon Ifeoma is a Port Harcourt, Rivers State-based corporate trainer. Despite being afflicted by polio as a child, her drive to be a star has not slowed down.
In this interview with Eric Dumo, she shares her life’s journey and things that motivate her
At what point in your life did you encounter polio?
According to my parents, I was only 10 months old when I was struck with polio. I had already started walking before it happened. It was not as if I was born with the condition.
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Head of top boarding school threatens to expel pupils in relationships
The headmaster of a leading British boarding school has threatened to expel pupils if they have romantic relationships.
Toby Belfield, head of Ruthin School in north Wales, also said student romances would affect any university references.
In a leaked email to students in their final three years, seen by Sky News, he wrote: “Last year I expelled two students for sexual contact, in school.
“Relationships can start at university – not at Ruthin School.
“I STRONGLY disapprove of any boyfriend/girlfriend relationships – and it will ALWAYS affect any university reference I write… I will put together a list of any student with a boyfriend or girlfriend
Source : News.Sky
How social vices affect schooling – Chioma Osuji
The Policy Adviser, Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA), Chioma Osuji, spoke on the effects of social vices in schools.
Over N360 billion has been accessed by the states from the Federal Government to improve basic education, but challenges still persist. Why?
If you go to these states that have accessed UBEC counterpart funding you will discover that basic education there is still in shamble; there’s no teaching and learning materials among others. What happened to the utilization of these funds, what happened to the management of the funds? This is something that we are looking at.
Source : DailyTrust
UniAbuja Staff School teacher relocates to bush on hunger strike
A teacher with the University of Abuja Secondary School, Mr. Solo Anuli Obiagwu, was on hunger strike for five days over the plight of staff school teachers in the university.
Obiagwu, who claimed he was being owed for 11 months by the university, said teachers in the staff school have been subjected to serious emotional trauma so he protested “victimisation of secondary school teachers at the University of Abuja Secondary School.”
Source : Vanguard
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