Amidst the challenges that Nigerian parents go through in terms of sourcing for the right schools for their children, schools with the right environment and training among other incentives, discussions that center on quality school, support, and empowering stakeholders will take centre stage at the third edition of Nigeria Education Show.
The conference will congregate speakers, panelists to discuss exhaustively on how to build capacity and strengthen competence through exposure to relevant information, vital skills and current schooling principles, styles and techniques.
Margaret Uponi, chief executive officer, Maribet Consult Limited says the Nigeria education show platform will serve as a link between parents, teachers, school owners, educators, among others. There will also be psychologists as well as other experts in childcare.
Uponi observes that the world is a global village and our schools are to prepare our children for global education. “It is important that parents get that right from the beginning because our children will compete in the global market. Parents must not take the foundation with levity, it is critical,” she said.
Uponi an education expert while speaking at a press conference to announce the programme with the theme: ‘A journey towards Knowledge Economy’ in Lagos charged parents to be deliberate about their children’s education and future by ensuring they put them in the right schools where they will be able to actualise their potentials.
She further noted that putting children in the right school was critical to the success of the children in the future, adding that correctly assessing the educational needs of a child before putting him/her in school was important.
Commenting on the common trend of parents putting all the children in the same school, Uponi explained that it might not be appropriate in all circumstances. “This is because children have different learning skills and paces and schools also have varied capacities to cope with different students.
She further said the best thing is to know the personality of each child and see where he or she would be better handled, adding that with Knowledge economy, the world had moved towards a knowledge-based economy and that Nigeria could not afford to be left behind.
“It is because of this that the theme for this year’s event is “Journey towards a knowledge economy.” Today’s schools that are worth their salt must help in preparing our future leaders in that direction. Our focus is on primary and secondary schools.
“We are out to promote quality education, not beautiful schools. A school might be beautiful but it could lack the manpower to impart the right education in the pupils or students,” Uponi said.
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