SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA WELCOMES EDUPEDIA AND EDUGUIDE!!!

EDUPEDIA: Today, we educators must come to terms with the realities of our info-tech age. The methods used in the past to educate us are in the main not relevant to our children. There are too many distractions calling for their attention within the limited time available for studies. Unfortunately many students are often mistakenly labeled as lazy or lacking needed concentration! But by the time you take out school hours, class assignments, home chores, family socials and commitments, Premier/ Champions Leagues, Facebook/Twitters, Ipod/Ipad, Big Brother, Naija sings, Naija/American idols,  X-Factor, Bachelor/Bachelorette, hand-held phones and web roaming one is left to ponder when these children can read seriously or ever take their  studies seriously! Above all, we know they have different abilities and competencies. Don’t we? Unfortunately many parents are under the illusion that sending children to boarding houses will limit students’ propensities for some of these time-eaters . What  they seem to  forget is that the old dedicated boarding housemasters they knew in their days at school have faded away and that only a few of those left can be compared with the old masters. These days we have those who want to be bribed by parents for “taking care of their children” or “for organizing extra classes” for them. So what needs to be done?… THIS IS WHERE EDUPEDIA COMES IN!!!
For almost 30 yrs we have actively promoted regular schooling and emphasised remedial education for thousands of secondary school students through our PASS TUTORIAL COLLEGE IN FESTAC, LAGOS. Along the line we also got involved in “training the trainers” seminars and conferences. We have not interacted with students in private schools only but   have also been appointed to serve on rescue teams of public secondary schools such as Festac Girls High School. In the same vein we are still serving on the Education Foundation Board of 17 public primary schools in ONIGBONGBO LCDA OF LAGOS and have conducted Jamb clinics for 500 students located at three different centres for the Amuwo Odofin LGA.We have also been guest speakers at the valedictory ceremonies of schools such as LIGHTHOUSE SECONDARY SCHOOL IKORODU. We have  been praised for our qualitative contribution to students’ education and have made our impact felt wherever we were invited .As far back as 2006 we reviewed the state of things in public schools in Nigeria generally and sent  a detailed write up on what needed to be done to the then Honourable Minister of Education Mrs Ezekwesili She replied almost immediately  thanking and promising to get us more involved in future. But she had to return shortly after to the World Bank. We also sent the same write-up to the two houses of the national assembly and all education parastatals attached to the FMOE. Same to MOEs for each state through their liaison offices in Abuja. Though we got invited later for additional exploratory discussions by a few states such as Ogun, Plateau, Imo, and Cross Rivers nothing tangible has resulted from these contacts.
EDUGUIDE therefore is  a summary of what we have produced/achieved so far to ease the modern-day  realities of students and their teachers .It is also our way of “preaching” on a national level what needs to  be done to improve the system. The topics compiled under EDUGUIDE will be useful for future interaction or discussions with us not only for clinics or seminars but as reference by schools and parents  We have divided the topics for easy reference under the main headings of the handbills previously published above as follows:
EDUMATHS…(Maths Clinics and Seminars): 9 topics.
EDUSPRING… (English Language/Literature Clinics and Seminars): 21 topics.
EDUSTEM/EDUJAMB… (Study and Exam Techniques Clinics and Seminars covering, WAEC/NECO, Jamb, Sat. and Toefl exams): 24 topics.
EDUCARE… (Motivational ,Mentoring and “Finishing Touches” Clinics and Seminars): 47 topics.
EDUSTAFF… (various Seminars, Workshops and Conferences):32 topics.
In addition to clinics and seminars please free to invite us as guests or motivational speakers to your students, staff and parents on topical issues relating to the broad outlines above. We shall be willing to cover your special events including valedictories, parents’ open days, inter-house sports days, students’ clubs and societies’ days, prefects’ boot camps or installation ceremonies.
THANKING YOU