Stories by Ene Osang
Abuja
The Head teacher, Little Gems Montessori Model School Abuja Mr. George Ikenna, has stressed the importance of creating early awareness on career choices in children.
Speaking to Blueprint during the schools maiden edition of Career Day celebration recently, Ikenna said the event was organized to intimate the pupils on the different professions in order to guide them through picking interest in their choice career.
“The inspiration behind organizing a Career Day for our Gems, was basically to give them real life experience with the different professions people practice, as part of their programme content in the school.
“We just had the maiden edition. By the special grace of God, we hope to make it a first term event in every academic session.
“It is very important to create early awareness in children that some day they will become responsible adults on whom the society would place some demands,” he said.
He described the Nigerian education system as one that is still developing, adding that a lot more needed to be done to bring the country to limelight.
“I really do think that if successive governments could be consistent with policy issues, with sustainable effort in quality, and engaging the right personnel, our education sector would be fine.
On why private school thrive today he noted the poor standard of education in most of the government owned schools, saying government must brace up to providing quality education for children.
“I believe what the private schools are doing differently mirrors on quality and professional best practices, which are obviously lacking in the public schools.
“In most nations of the world, government plays a key role in education. It is infact the primary task of any responsible government to provide education as a basic need to it’s citizenry,” he said.
“Nonetheless, privatization should not be an option, government should rather consult with countries that are getting it right, borrow their model, come back home and invite all stakeholders (public and private professionals) to a forum where workable policy could be jointly tailored to suit our common national objectives.
“No price is too high, no sacrifice too tasking, towards dispelling ignorance in a human person,” he added.
