MINUTES OF THE P. T. A. FORUM HELD WITH
PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF J S S 2, J S S 3 AND S S 2 STUDENTS ON 12TH MAY, 2012.
To God be the glory. The meeting started at exactly 9:00 am as scheduled.
Parents/Guardians appreciably honoured the invitation and their presence added
colour to the meeting while their contributions indicated maturity, knowledge
and understanding.
WELCOME SPEECH
First, the principal’s maiden speech and welcome address prepared the
minds of parents/guardians and gave them insight into the new federal
government curriculum which contains new secondary school subjects divided into
the following departments and number of subjects:
(i) Science and Mathematics 7 subjects
(ii) Business Studies 5
subjects
(iii) Humanities 12
subjects
(iv) Technology 10
subjects
(v) Trade
Subjects 35
subjects
A copy of the document containing a comprehensive list of
the departments and their subjects was given to each parent who attended the
meeting.
Continuing,
she expressed satisfaction with parents/guardians’ response to the meeting.
MATTERS OF THE DAY
The Proprietor
in his speech appreciated parents/guardians for their response and took the opportunity
to speak exhaustively on the new curriculum which has about 35 subjects alien
to secondary school scheme of work. He mentioned just a few of them, for
instance;
i.
Auto body repair and spray painting
ii.
Auto electrical
work
iii.
Auto mechanical work
iv.
Radio/TV and electrical work
v.
Upholstery
vi.
Data processing
vii.
G S M maintenance
viii.
Welding and fabrication
ix.
Plumbing and pipe fitting, etc
The Proprietor pointed out that in
order to meet the challenges of the new dispensation, the J S S 2 and S S 2
Students must start a compulsory Saturday lesson and Summer
Holiday programmes. During this period, the new subjects would be introduced
and taught intensively and exhaustively. According to him, arrangements had been
concluded with qualified professionals and artisans in the various trades.
These tested and proven skilled personnel would form the teaching crew to
handle the students both in the theoretical and practical aspects of the trades
but with more emphasis on practical teaching, he went on. He, therefore,
solicited the maximum support of the parents and guardians in the drive to actualize
this new measure. The Proprietor intermittently read and explained the various
divisions of the curriculum pointing out that new textbooks and some tools for
the theory and practicals would be recommended, reminding them that everything
is from the federal government education ministry.
COMPULSORY SUMMER COACHING FOR J S S 2 AND S S 2
The Proprietor reiterated the
relevance of summer coaching which he mention in passing above emphasizing the
fact that it will go a long way in enhancing the understanding of the new
curriculum which before now had been unknown in our educational system. He
added that in order to catch up with the numerous demands of this new
development, ‘Lagooz has decided not to leave anything to chance or assume that
all will be well whenever we deem it fit to start’, he said. Continuing, he
made it abundantly clear that the compulsory summer coaching will be
judiciously used to impact such knowledge necessary to be in tune with this new
academic dispensation.
SATURDAY LESSON-COST AND RELEVANCE (ALL
CLASSES)
The importance of Saturday lesson cannot be
over-emphasized going by the information above. However, the Proprietor saw the
relevance of the extension of the Saturday lesson to all the secondary school
classes from JSS1 to SS2. He reasoned that since the new federal curriculum on
education includes all the secondary school classes, it would be better to bail
the water now that it is ankle deep because, ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.
Again, the forthcoming examination will test students on some of the new five
departmental subjects. So, since the Saturday lesson will be relevant to this
examination, then attendance must be
compulsory from JSS1 to SS2. The cost of the Saturday lesson remains N2,
000 per term and period but by next term, we shall inform you of the new
changes in the price.
PRE-S S 1 CLASS
Then,
he explained why it would be important for the present J S S 3 students to attend
Pre-S S 1 classes and Saturday lesson, saying that the introduction of the new
curriculum is a major reason. Besides, he informed parents that since they made
full payment of school fees for the third term, it would be important for the
students to
start their Pre-S S 1 lessons now so as to complete the term
and be acquainted with the demands of a senior secondary school education,
especially the various subjects divisions characteristic of the new level they
are launching into, come next session. The new measure, according to him, would
help them dispel every false impression or fear they had associated with the
new academic level. Therefore, he went on, all the present J S S 3 students
should return to school on Friday 18th May, 2012 and resume full Pre-S S 1
academic work. It is for their own good, he concluded. For now, the recommended
books are:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1.
Goodbye To Failure in English S S 1- By ken Mebele et’
al
2.
Intensive English for Senior Secondary Schools S S 1 –
By Oluikpe et’al
MATHEMATICS
1. Man
Mathematics
2. New
General Mathematics- S S 1
CIVIC EDUCATION
Fundamentals of Civic Education for
Senior Secondary Schools- By Sola Akinyemi.
These books are recommended for the
introductory stage while more will be communicated to you later. Those to be
communicated to you in due course are the textbooks on:
1.
Computer Education
2.
The 35 Trades.
As soon as the federal government
makes available the books for these courses, parents will be contacted. Parents
should, therefore, provide the books listed above latest Thursday 17th May,
2012
DISCOURAGING G C E
IN S S 2
The Proprietor pointed out to
parents and guardians of students in S S 2 that registering their children/wards
for G C E examinations would amount to academic suicide because the students
apart from being introduced to the perennial academic virus known as examination malpractices in their
various loose examination centres, they would also miss more than 90% of the
lectures that will make them excel in S S C E examinations. According to him, the
candidates in G C E centres are far from being effectively controlled because
some of them have been dangerously exposed to the vices of the society that
they would stop at nothing to ensure their success. Consequently, while
engaging in all forms of malpractices, S S 2 students who witness such anomaly
in their centres come back to school infested with wrong notions on how to have
an unmerited examination success so much so that it affects their approach to
studies which now becomes lackadaisical. Apart from this, within the three
weeks period of the examinations, they miss a greater proportion of the
teaching of the topics in WAEC syllabus for S S C E. The result – failure. It
is therefore not wise to register S S 2 students for G C E. This is our advice.
However, the Proprietor said that if a parent considered it necessary not to
accept our advice, he could do as he deems fit but that our stand is a capital NO
to G C E registration for S S 2 students.
PARENTS/GUARDIANS’ RESPONSES
All the parents and guardians who
attended the P. T. A. forum spoke favourably on the new development and
appreciated the management of Lagooz Schools for carrying them along and
commended them for their child-caring ability. Mr. Olawole, Mrs. Okebalama,
Mrs. Ogunniyi, and many others expressed their support to the management’s
intended measures towards the new curriculum. Alhaji Mustapha spoke copiously
on the new curriculum citing examples with countries in Europe and even West
African sub-region and stating unequivocally that the new measure would
metamorphose into craftsmanship and advancement in technology which he said
helped China
of today. He expressed his support for the plans Lagooz has in order to train
the students. Mrs. Adejumo in her support encouraged the management to go ahead
with their plan and give the students adequate orientation. Alhaji Idris and
Alhaji Mekanka supported the new plans.
Thereafter,
Mrs. Adewunmi, Mrs. Agu and Mrs. Godwin expressed their satisfaction with both
the Saturday lesson and the Pre-S S 1 classes. In fact, there was no dissension
instead parents and guardians unanimously expressed their unalloyed support for
the management and staff of the school in their bid to ensure a successful
future for the children.
GENERAL
A parent
wanted to know whether students from other schools could be allowed to attend the
new programmes taking place during Saturday lesson. The Proprietor replied that
in order to maintain the standard of the school, it would not involve students
from other schools so that teachers would have sufficient time for the
students.
On the
issue of projects and assignments, the Proprietor replied that parents and
guardians should assist the school by encouraging their children to do their
projects and assignments. Students who fail to do their projects or assignments
will be sent home or out of classes until the project or assignment is
completely done.
When the
Proprietor was asked how he would get the personnel for the trades since the
government had not employed staff for them in the new curriculum, he replied
that Lagooz had discussed with some resource personnel having some level of
education and some artisans assuring the parents and guardians that between
then and next week he would have concluded the plan. He went on to say that,
for a start, a child might not choose more than one trade and this would start
in the Saturday lesson.
The
Proprietor pleaded with parents and guardians not to fail to remind Lagooz
whenever they discovered lapses. He enjoined them to be Lagooz advisers,
complain when necessary and, of course, criticize only constructively. He
appreciated them and promised he would get back to them later on the issue of parenting.
Some copies of the new books for the curriculum are attached herewith.
LAGOOZ SCHOOL OF PARENTING
Parenting
as a natural responsibility involves caring for children by way of providing
them with the following:
1.
Food
2.
Clothing
3.
Shelter
4.
Education
5.
Protection
6.
Advice
If parents provide these things for their children, they
will be creating a better world and a very bright future for them. Perfect
parenting is that which takes care of the child and makes available all that he
or she needs to make life meaningful. Another important aspect of parenting is
the provision of formal education in primary, secondary and tertiary
institutions to equip him or her with the requisite demands of the labour
market and give him the opportunity to fit properly into the challenging global
community. Also, good parenting includes giving your child direction and
counseling him or her on the gains of uprightness in life because what you
teach your child matters. Remember “The child is the father of the man”.
Therefore,
you should not rest on your oars in your innate desire to give your child a
concrete parenting that will transform him or her for good.
Lagooz
teachers regard the students as their children and give them academic and moral
parenting. What about you? In Lagooz School of Parenting, the students will be
taught how to convert intangible things to something beneficial to the society.
They will also be taught how to use current technological development language
and how to decode a coded language of this generation. It will be
child-oriented and parents will be introduced to how not to rear or bring up a
child through and trial and error. To this effect, resource men and women
between 50 to 60 years old will be on hand to instruct parents and even the
students. These experienced men and women will include counselors, retired
principals of schools and religious leaders. Still on the issue of parenting,
there will be courses on:
1.
Your child and the media
2.
Influence of internet on teenagers
3.
More about GSM phones and children
4.
Sexuality: The untold story
5.
Peer group influence
6.
Socialization
7.
Acculturation
8.
Bastardized societal values: the craving for material
things
9.
Preparing the child for heaven
This is an innovation in secondary
education but since in Lagooz we cherish honesty, obedience, hardwork and
uprightness, it has become increasingly necessary for us to explore other areas
of training the children you have left in our care to be citizens we shall be
proud of in future. We shall inform you as soon as this programme takes off
believing that you surely play your own roles perfectly and appear in person
whenever we need you.
INTERPRETATION
It is important to state here that all the discussions
during the P. T. A. forum were interpreted in Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa as
follows:
1. Yoruba by the Proprietor, Otunba A. F.
Otubela
2. Igbo by the Vice Principal Academics,
Mr. G. N. Nwaobianyi
3. Hausa by the Vice Principal
Administration, Mrs. M. D. Anyanta
CLOSING
The closing
prayer said by the principal, Mrs. Otubela, and the meeting came to end at this
point.
For more details, comments and suggestions, visit www.lagooz.com
ATTENDANCE
OF PTA MEETING OF JS2 AND SS2 STUDENTS
HELD ON
12th May, 2012
SN
|
PARENT’S
NAME
|
CHILD’S NAME
|
CLASS
|
DAD NO.
|
MUM NO.
|
1
|
MRS ALAMU
|
GIDEON
|
JS3
|
2348055269506
|
2347053544545
|
2
|
MOSES MOKHUALE
|
EDUWARD
|
JS3
|
2348066331334
|
2348035165679
|
3
|
ALHAJA AJEIGBE
|
|
JS3 & JS2
|
|
2348023024368
|
4
|
MRS OLADIPUPO
|
TUNDE
|
SS2
|
2347035319373
|
2348033306837
|
5
|
MRS BELLO
|
IYABO & YETT
|
JS3
|
2348055516793
|
2348033805277
|
6
|
MR ORIAKU
|
FAVOUR
|
JS2
|
2348033451211
|
|
7
|
MR OLAWUMI
|
OPEYEMI
|
SS2
|
2347055555597
|
|
8
|
MR YUSUF
|
MARIAM
|
JS3
|
2348023295436
|
2348022081250
|
9
|
MRS ADEWUNMI
|
ROLAND & EVAN
|
JS3
|
2348023331331
|
2347031990093
|
10
|
MRS OKETUNJI
|
DOLAPO
|
SS2
|
2347025370645
|
2348028772545
|
11
|
MR INYOPE
|
JOHNSON
|
JS3
|
2348023301886
|
2348059097164
|
12
|
MRS OGUNNIYI
|
TOSIN
|
SS2
|
|
2348023878412
|
13
|
IDRIS
|
HAWAU & HAJARAT
|
JS2
|
2348033020111
|
|
14
|
ISMAILA MR
|
SADIQ
|
SS2
|
2348023254299
|
|
15
|
OLOYEDE
|
AYOBAMI
|
JS3
|
2347087321943
|
2348033331352
|
16
|
BENSON
|
NELSON
|
SS2
|
2348037118898
|
2348096781853
|
17
|
EBOSE ERIC
|
SHINA
|
SS2
|
2348055527863
|
2348060386614
|
18
|
MRS OKE
|
KOLAWOLE
|
SS2
|
2348066080851
|
2348033953675
|
19
|
SALISU
|
MARIAM
|
JS3
|
|
2348030887775
|
20
|
OLAYODE
|
AHMED
|
JS2
|
2348028114601
|
|
21
|
GODWIN
|
WISDOM
|
SS2
|
|
2347033028008
|
22
|
JULIANA OKEBALAMA
|
HILARY
|
JS3
|
|
2348081947875
|
23
|
OGUNBEWON
|
BUKOLA
|
JS2
|
|
2348033288948
|
24
|
OKUNLOLA
|
SEUN
|
SS2
|
2348031945178
|
2348027014658
|
25
|
MRS OGUNTOWO
|
RIDOYAT
|
JS3
|
2348023589639
|
2348034695623
|
26
|
MRS OPEKUN
|
OYINDAMOLA
|
JS3
|
2348067974958
|
2348023073817
|
27
|
ADEJUMO
|
SHITTU . TAOFEEKAT
|
SS2
|
2348023647319
|
2348028647035
|
28
|
OGUNMEFUN
|
DANIEL
|
JS2
|
2348028175824
|
|
29
|
AHLAJI MUHAMMED
|
MUSTAPHA
|
JS2
|
2348057000070
|
|
30
|
UMORU
|
ABIGEAL
|
JS2
|
2348037127890
|
|
31
|
MUHHAMED
|
KAKORO
|
|
2348032140856
|
|
32
|
BAMIGBOYE
|
TOBI
|
JS3
|
|
|
33
|
MRS OTEJE
|
FUNMILAYO & KOLA
|
JS3 & SS2
|
|
2348023683490
|
34
|
KOWO
|
YINKA
|
JS3
|
2347032437352
|
|
35
|
ONWUSIRI
|
CATERINE/DANIEL
|
SS1&2
|
|
2348035805764
|
36
|
MARY OKOJI
|
GLORIA
|
JS3
|
|
2348068298271
|
37
|
MRS ADEKUNLE
|
FOLAKEMI
|
JS2
|
2348033940864
|
2348034820599
|
38
|
MRS ASIPA
|
ORE
|
JS2
|
|
2348034761700
|
39
|
MRS AGU
|
FAITH
|
JS2
|
|
2348032383715
|
40
|
MR EDALERE
|
ESTHER
|
SS2
|
2348060869711
|
|
41
|
OMOBOLA SALAU
|
OLASHILE
|
SS2
|
2348074481369
|
234802334935
|
42
|
MRS ADETOKI
|
PELUNMI & GBEMI
|
JS2 & SS2
|
|
2348060400856
|
43
|
MR SALISU
|
FAUD
|
JS2
|
2348035803093
|
|
44
|
MR KAZEEM
|
OLAMIDE
|
JS3
|
2348053933285
|
|
45
|
BASSEY
|
BLESSING, MICHEAL & SARAH
|
JS2 & SS2
|
|
2348023741511
|
46
|
MRS IPOADE
|
IBRAHIM
|
JS2
|
|
2348023113195
|
47
|
MRS BAJULAYE
|
TOLUWASE
|
SS2
|
|
2348135544549
|
48
|
MRS RICHARD
|
IRETIOLUWA
|
JS3
|
|
2348034493254
|
49
|
MR AJIBIKE
|
OMOSHEWA
|
JS2
|
|
2348085584091
|
50
|
ALH. MUSTAPHA
|
MARYAM
|
JS2
|
2348051111122
|
2348034365765
|
51
|
ALH. SANNI (MOH)
|
ZULAI & HABIBA
|
JS2 & SS1
|
2348035805960
|
|
52
|
MRS M.K SANWO
|
SANWO TADEEQAT
|
JS3
|
2348066610027
|
|
53
|
MRS FADARE
|
AYOMIDE
|
JS2
|
|
2348023540398
|