SITUATION OF EDUCATION IN IWOLAND AND WAY FORWARD
The present situation of education in Iwoland has called for all concerns stakeholders that are passionate about the future of Iwoland to come together and fashion a way to ameliorates the disheartening conduction of education. The recent WAEC result that was released by the council confirmed the geometric decay in this important sector of our community.
Less than 20% of students that sat for May/June 2015 WAEC made five credits including Mathematics and English. A popular school in Iwo Metropolis (Name withheld) where 213 students sat for the examination, only 43 made credit in Mathematics. This has become the trend in the last couple of years and proper attention is needed to salvage this unfortunate scenario if truly the development of our community Iwoland is at heart.
A lot of factors have been identified as the reason behind this decadence. It is obvious the problem is a hydra-head one. It is tripartite in the sense that Parents, Teachers and the government are all responsible for the dwindling condition of education.
Iwoland Development Coalition, as a stakeholder has swift into action in her quest to find a lasting solution or rather reduce the problem facing education to the minimum. A lot of problems have been identified and also the possible measure to be taken. During the last meeting of the coalition it was agreed that principals of Iwoland Origin should be deployed to all schools in Iwoland.
The rationale behind the bringing of Principals of Iwoland Origin is that it will not only create a sense of belonging and participation but also ensure accountability on the part of the principals. Principals that are experienced, exposed, disciplined and as well willing, who are from Iwoland should be lobbied and deployed to our various schools.
Oluponna and few other communities have bought into the idea of deploying indigenes of their land to their schools and it has been working perfectly for the town. There is a difference between a school where teachers work to serve their community and where teachers work to earn their salary. Patriotism on the part of the teacher will make them to work without looking at the inefficiency of either parents or government. A teacher from a community will never want to bring shame on himself or herself if people should hear that failure rate is very high in her class. Similarly, he will know the pupils/students very well as well as their parents.
Another identified problem which is the lost in the value of education among the students. Most students do not really understand the value of education. The lackadaisical attitude on the part of the student has contributed a lot to the degenerating condition of education. These students need a continuous sensitization, orientation and re-orientation. Moral decadence is at peak in our school. Seminars and symposia where the theme will be to sensitize and instill the value of education into the mindset of students. There is need to revisit the school tour programme the coalition did few months ago. This will center around talks on academics excellence, leadership, entrepreneurs and community development. This will also help in opening the mindset of students to the beauty of education.
As compiled by
Yusuff Mutalub Olatunji
Contributor: Members of Iwoland Development Coalition group and Iwo Federal Constituency on whatsapp .
The present situation of education in Iwoland has called for all concerns stakeholders that are passionate about the future of Iwoland to come together and fashion a way to ameliorates the disheartening conduction of education. The recent WAEC result that was released by the council confirmed the geometric decay in this important sector of our community.
Less than 20% of students that sat for May/June 2015 WAEC made five credits including Mathematics and English. A popular school in Iwo Metropolis (Name withheld) where 213 students sat for the examination, only 43 made credit in Mathematics. This has become the trend in the last couple of years and proper attention is needed to salvage this unfortunate scenario if truly the development of our community Iwoland is at heart.
A lot of factors have been identified as the reason behind this decadence. It is obvious the problem is a hydra-head one. It is tripartite in the sense that Parents, Teachers and the government are all responsible for the dwindling condition of education.
Iwoland Development Coalition, as a stakeholder has swift into action in her quest to find a lasting solution or rather reduce the problem facing education to the minimum. A lot of problems have been identified and also the possible measure to be taken. During the last meeting of the coalition it was agreed that principals of Iwoland Origin should be deployed to all schools in Iwoland.
The rationale behind the bringing of Principals of Iwoland Origin is that it will not only create a sense of belonging and participation but also ensure accountability on the part of the principals. Principals that are experienced, exposed, disciplined and as well willing, who are from Iwoland should be lobbied and deployed to our various schools.
Oluponna and few other communities have bought into the idea of deploying indigenes of their land to their schools and it has been working perfectly for the town. There is a difference between a school where teachers work to serve their community and where teachers work to earn their salary. Patriotism on the part of the teacher will make them to work without looking at the inefficiency of either parents or government. A teacher from a community will never want to bring shame on himself or herself if people should hear that failure rate is very high in her class. Similarly, he will know the pupils/students very well as well as their parents.
Another identified problem which is the lost in the value of education among the students. Most students do not really understand the value of education. The lackadaisical attitude on the part of the student has contributed a lot to the degenerating condition of education. These students need a continuous sensitization, orientation and re-orientation. Moral decadence is at peak in our school. Seminars and symposia where the theme will be to sensitize and instill the value of education into the mindset of students. There is need to revisit the school tour programme the coalition did few months ago. This will center around talks on academics excellence, leadership, entrepreneurs and community development. This will also help in opening the mindset of students to the beauty of education.
As compiled by
Yusuff Mutalub Olatunji
Contributor: Members of Iwoland Development Coalition group and Iwo Federal Constituency on whatsapp .
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