Education
Group Organises Leadership Programmes For Secondary Schools
A Niger Delta based Non Governmental Organisation, Active Youth Initiative, says 15 secondary schools in Port Harcourt City and its environs have benefited from its various leadership programmes.
The Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Onyebuchi Monday, who said this during a career summit organised by the group for secondary schools in Port Harcourt, said that the programmes which include leadership seminar and others were aimed at instilling the virtue of leadership among youths in the region. According to him, the various programmes were aimed at creating enabling environment for Niger Delta youths to realise their potentials as well as become responsible citizens of Nigeria. He said that the career summit was organised to give students of the various schools the opportunity to be conscious of what they want to be in life. In his presentation Mr Timothy Oladapo Peterson, an industrialist blamed the high rate of moral decadence in the society on the failure of the family to live up to expectation. Mr Peterson who said that Nigeria has vast opportunities in every field of human endeavour said that it is the responsibility of every home to inculcate in their children the virtues of self realisation and leadership.
He also urged for the inclusion of moral and career counselling in school curriculum.
In his speech, Mr Fortune O. Fubura, retired lecturer with the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), cautioned the children against self limitation as there are vast opportunities in every facet of the society.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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