Schools have resumed in Port Harcourt for the 2012/2013
academic session after a long vacation.

Teachers, students and pupils were seen in their numbers on
their way to school.

A teacher, Mrs Ibeh at a Community Primary  School, around Rumuigbo area, told The Tide
that most of the pupils and staff reported to school as scheduled.

Mrs Ibeh said new students were also enrolled while the
returning ones were received into their new classes stressing that they were
ready to resume academic work.

She advised the pupils to be punctual to school promising
that the teachers would show more commitment.

She appealed to parents to take good care of their children
as well as to monitor their academic performance.

Some of the pupils who spoke to our correspondent said they
would study harder this academic session.

A pupil, Miss Endurance Amos, expressed joy because she was
promoted to a new class, promising to improve on her performance.

Meanwhile, some parents have charged teachers to be
committed to their duties while calling for determination and hardwork from the
teachers.

When our correspondent monitored resumption activities at
State Primary School Olanada, parents and their wards were seen hanging at the
school gate for admission into the model primary school.

One of the parents, Mrs Anna appealed to the school
authorities to admit their children into the School since they would not be
able to afford the high fees in private school.

She advised teachers to be more dedicated to their duties
acknowledging that commitment, focus and hard work would improve the standard
of education in the country.

Another parent who spoke to our correspondent, Mrs Uzoma
John, said teachers should adopt new method of teaching that would impact
positively on their pupils and expressed joy that her children were happy and
eager to go back to school after the long holiday.

She urged teachers to identify weak areas of their pupils
and improve on it.

An attempt to see the head teacher of the state primary
school Olanada for comments on admission of new intakes proved abortive as the
security guard at the gate said that the head teacher went to the ministry.

Eunice Choko-Kayode