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It is important, therefore, to avoid at all costs a state where a school loses its spark and relegates to a desperate level of becoming synonymous with hopelessness. A school seeking to stay afloat and intentionally rooted on its purpose should...

Almost invariably, all private English Medium schools are synonymous with academic excellence. Take for example, Maruapula School. I have known and heard about the school since childhood as a top brand, rendering effective teaching and learning...

Accomplishment of organisational goals takes hard work, good planning and execution. The education system is facing a very big elephant in the room, a stubborn culture of underachievement. A continuing culture of academic under achievement calls into...

There should be continuing movement towards achieving greater success. What should be borne in mind is that a school is synonymous with hope and that its purpose is to discharge more and improved teaching and learning experiences. Failing students,...

This applies equally to those organisations seemingly doing well but desiring to gain some competitive edge to outsmart rivals. One way through which an organisation can overcome hurdles and achieve goals is to recruit the right people. The question...

A feeling of common ownership creates a formidable bond between the school and community, building an environment in which educators and the community, in which the school is built, collectively take responsibility for all that is happening in a...

The answer is a strong and unequivocal yes. Yes, they can. Nothing is impossible. Working in an atmosphere of adversity, public schools had acquitted themselves well in some distant past. There was a lean period in the history of the education sector...

The one common denominator of all schools that rose from the ashes to become academic champions is that they were all led. Properly, courageously, and fearlessly ed. One is well aware that other people place emphasis on other factors. And that given...

Let us begin with the home environment.At home, the children are no longer spectators. They are very much hands-on. When returning to school, children expect to continue, of course within the parameters of school rules, their action packed way of...

Now the writing is on the wall that a new sheriff in town is putting a high premium on addressing, with a sense of urgency and passion, the major roadblocks that have been inhibiting the provision of quality and relevant education in public schools....

Where does it hurt most in education? The question is made relevant by the fact that not all levels of education are doing badly. Though under resourced, the primary school sub-sector continues to outperform other levels.It is a sub-sector...

Some schools are mega size schools, bigger than some villages. Having had the experience of serving both in small and big schools, I can testify that managing a small school is relatively easier than navigating the terrain of a big school.What is...

The problems do not stem from the difficulty of managing a turnaround programme. It comes mainly from negative energy. Mission impossible is motivated by a wrong assumption based on fears of the unknown and lack of faith in the competencies and...

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and earth had passed and there was no longer any sea and I John I saw the Holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”...

We have a collective responsibility to raise, educate and grow our children as a united front. Going it alone as experience has shown, is an exercise in futility. What is not in dispute is that our children are a precious gift from God, coming to...