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  • Imo CSACEFA Urges Imo Government On Transformative Education .

    Imo CSACEFA Urges Imo Government On Transformative Education .

     

    By Chigozie Uzosike

    The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) Imo state chapter has called on the government and education stakeholders at the state to make Education a priority by providing the needed funding allocation and release to the sector to have a transformative Education.

    The coalition made the call through her activities to commemorate the Global Action Week on Education 2024, with the theme: Beat the drum for “Transformative Education”. The activities included Advocacy Visits, interactive sessions with Heads of teachers and supervisors, airing of Beat the drum jingles, radio interactive programme, among others.

    At an interactive session with Heads of teachers in Mbaitoli LGA, the Imo State Coordinator of CSACEFA, Elder Kenneth Amogu, reminded the teacher of their professional slogan that says “teachers are great, no controversy “, he charged them to beat the drum for transformative Education by being passionate in delivering healthy and quality teaching, ensuring that learning takes place for a transformed learner. He encouraged them to be diligent in their duties, improve their skills regularly through trainings to ensure that they deliver quality teaching, that will enable learning to take place and learners transformed for a better society.

    “We must through quality teaching reduce the various vices found among our young people, like drug abuse, rape, kidnapping, early marriage, teenage pregnancy, among others. “We must have transformative Education to attain SDG 4 and make our society a better place”, he said.

    In her remark during the interactive session, the Director UNICEF and other NGO desk IMSUBEB, Dr. Mrs Chinwe Adim encouraged the teachers to continue to improve their skills, and take participation in training opportunities provided by government and partners very serious, as that will help and position them well for transformative Education.

    In her contribution, Mrs Juliet Okeiyi, the State Secretary CSACEFA Imo State, encouraged the teachers to always strive to work as professionals, building their capacities in some special areas as ICT, use of Smart School Learning materials, and taking every available opportunity for training serious to enable them to be rightly positioned to deliver transformative Education, as the sector continues to embrace digital training and learning.

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    The teachers agreed that they need trainings on modern teaching skills to improve on their capacity to deliver quality teaching.

    At the Global Action Week for Education (GAWE 2024) Radio discussion held at Orient FM owerri, Elder Kenneth Amogu applauded the government and her education stakeholders for the attention the sector is receiving at the state. He requested for more support to the sector, to enable the state achieve transformative Education sector.

    He made case for more funding for Education projects, as well as timely release of the allocations for implementation. He stressed on the need to make Education at the state healthy and transformative, adding that most of the primary schools in the state, do not have perimeter fence, desks and tables for learners and teachers, water and sanitary facilities for use, especially by the girl child during her monthly periods. He said providing this facilities in our schools will make learning and transformation to take place faster.

    In her own contributions, Mrs Juliet Okeiyi also appreciated the Government and her partners for their support to Education, and requested for a special attention on teachers training, as many of them need to be retrained, and have their capacities built to enable them deliver quality teaching.

    The coalition also embarked on Advocacy visit as part of the GAWE 2024 celebrations.

  • WHAT HOPE UZODIMMA REPRESENTS TO IMO AND IMO PEOPLE NATIONALLY.

    WHAT HOPE UZODIMMA REPRESENTS TO IMO AND IMO PEOPLE NATIONALLY.

    By Nwamkpa Modestus (KSM)

    There is no gain saying the fact that Governor Hope Uzodimma is the sixth democratically elected Governor of Imo state since the state was manufactured, sorry created in 1976. He is the 4th since 1999 when this current qussi democratic arrangement started. He is of course the first person to be elected Governor after being a senator. Others became senators after being Governors.

    Like Peter Obi of Ananbra state and Adams Oshiomhole from Edo state, he is the first Imo Governor to reclaim his mandate through the supreme Court. He is the first that got elected by winning 27 over 27 LGAs in the state. He is the first Governor that spent 4 years without acquiring a single property of his own anywhere in the state and the country. Yes, he is the first Governor to be sworn in on January instead of May 29.

    Oh, i have forgotten the real essence of this exercise. Sorry for the digression. It is just that at times it is good to situate facts properly and position the minds of your readers. I needed to actually drive home the fact that Hope Uzodimma’s governorship has certain striking differences between him and his predecessors. Anyway, that is by the way.

    Now, I have always hold the view that everybody has his own talents and these talents could be of advantage or disadvantage to the people. In this case, the talent of Governor Hope Uzodimma is manifestly advantageous to Imo state. His high rating, his reverence nationally, his high regards both in the ruling party and the ruling federal government, his eloquence, his national visibility and ofcourse his political tact are all paying off to the advantage of Imo state and her people.

    In case, we don’t know, using the words of Orji Uzor Kalu recently, Governor Uzodimma is the highest sought after politician, at least in South East today. There is hardly anything that APC as a ruling party and the federal government do that Uzodimma is not fathomed in. He is like the epicenter of national politics in the country today. He is respected and revered nationally.

    This is translating to the kind of image that Imo state is cutting out nationally and the kind of respect that is being accorded to the state by outsiders. Except for the insecurity that ravaged the state recently with ugly tales of kidnapping, banditry etc, which ofcourse has abated drastically, Imo state has continued to receive high dosage of reference nationally and this is due to the fact that Governor Uzodimma has acquinted himself very well in the eyes of outsiders.

    Don’t forget that Imo state since 2021 has continued to receive over two million dollars from world bank through SEFTAS in recognition of its financial probity. This is salutary and something that some people may not be aware of. This is in addition to other similar recognitions and awards for the state under Hope Uzodimma.

    Even the forner President Buhari visited Imo state more than any other state in the country, perhaps except his home state Katsina when he was president. The current president Tinubu has also continued in that trajectory. These frequent visits by both the forner and present Presidents are not for fun. It is because of the carriage of a man who is the Governor of the state. Some opposition chaps may dismiss this as nothing but they will not ask themselves why such was not the case with previous Governors of the state and other Governors in this country.

    Governor Uzodimma has really placed Imo state in a pedestal where as Imo citizen, you are respected anywhere you go in this country. The Governor has connected the state to the national grid. There is no friction between the state and the centre unlike before. There is no much political bickering in the state. Imo state is today relatively peaceful politically unlike in the past. The state is now reputable as one of the few states notable for quality construction and ease of doing business.

    All these are positive narratives and the lense through which Imo state is being viewed from outside. Imo state is now a story of positivity in several fronts. Imo is today a signpost of unblemished leadership, probity, discipline in land administration, anti corruption and open condemnation and punishment for infraction committed by even close agents of the government. Indeed, Imo image is positively looking up nationally. Hope Uzodimma represents a positive light for the state and her people nationally.

    Nwamkpa Modestus writes from Owerri