Let me tell you a real story . Only a few of my close friends know about this .
Last year November I had one of my biggest deals/sales till date . Made 18 million naira in one sale .
How did it happened? So I do a few things to make money one of them is
I need testimonies of people who went through really tough times, who tried everything and it looked like it was never gonna happen for them until one day things changed for the better. I need those testimonies because wow🥹
I've spent the last several months researching, travelling, and studying why countries like Singapore, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada and Finland built some of the world's best public education systems.
One thing became clear:
Nigeria doesn't just have an education problem. We have a school management problem.
Today, I'm releasing a white paper that proposes a new way to transform our public schools, keeping them publicly owned while introducing world-class management and accountability.
This isn't about politics.
It's about giving every Nigerian child the opportunity to attend a world-class public school.
I hope this sparks one of the most important conversations our country has had about education.
Read it. Criticise it. Improve it. Share it.
If we get education right, we change Nigeria.
Here is the link https://t.co/EViU52FKFi
I've been thinking about this almost every day.
What would it actually take to ensure every single child in the South East is in school?
I don't mean reducing the number of out-of-school children.
I mean ZERO.
I'm setting myself a target:
Zero out-of-school children in the South East within the next 24 months.
And within 4 years, I want us to drive illiteracy as close to zero as possible.
I know it sounds ambitious.
There are children out of school because of poverty. Some because of culture. Some because of religion. Some because they have to work. Others because there are barriers we've not even identified yet.
But I genuinely believe this is a problem we can solve if we stop treating it as someone else's responsibility.
So I'm asking for your help.
If you had to achieve this, what would you do?
I want practical ideas. Bold ideas. Crazy ideas. Lessons from other countries. Community-based solutions. Technology. Policy. Anything.
I'll read every suggestion.
If we can solve this in the South East, we'll create a blueprint that the rest of Nigeria and maybe even Africa can learn from.
My secondary school motto was "Work and Pray"
1. Diet, importanter!, as natural as possible.
2. Read to him or her as early as possible(6 months)
3. Age 1-3: "Help me to do it by myself": engross the child in the fine art of Montessori learning or find a great school that teaches Montessori style.
4. Age 3 to 5: "Help me to think by myself": Sensory skill development, number sense, reading using phonemes et al. Still I'd recommend the Montessori style yet again.
No screens, yet!!!
5. Age 6-11: "I can learn beyond my age": An average Nigeria school will try to limit them but no gree for anybody.
Choke them with challenges of their age and beyond.
Regardless of the subjects they will do at school, make sure these subjects are early introduced by you or a teacher: verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning( I will personally recommend that of the UK and Australia)
Invest in extracurricular activities especially those that will really be beneficial e.g: swimming, chess, coding, free play, etc.
Early exposure to global doings especially kids on spotlight helps a lot.
Find a way to make sure your child teach what they know either to you or a sibling ("You learn twice when you teach")
You will be tempted to pick their absolute spotlight subject, but please don't. Just watch and observe and around age 8 to 9, you will see some signs of what that child really wants to dip his or her excellence.
Once you find that thing ehn, invest in it like preparing that child for the Olympics: extra teachers, online classes, personal challenges with rewards, early exposure to competition around your area, state, and federal, and even outside the world.
While doing the above, check on their academics: if the child is on a streak of win in a school, change his or her school for a more challenging one to play again, and on academics, that's just the play.
Of utmost importance is their mental health, be available to make it healthy and please really make sure there is love at home.
Lastly, pray because you have really put in the work above but know that excellence is truly rewarded, medal or no medal.
The wait is over.
We have 2 golds: Chimdiebube Onwubiko and Don Anele Munachimso.
We are the best in the world!
Egejurum Onyedikachi’s name was omitted. He should have a gold.