Education
Academy Wins Rotary Club’s Spelling Competition
Obiye Academy, Port
Harcourt has emerged winner of the maiden edition of the inter-secondary school Spelling Bee Competition organised by Rotary Club of Port Harcourt, Down Town District 9140.
The competition which took place last Friday in Port Harcourt also saw Model Girls Secondary School, Rumueme, coming second, while Hallel College took the third place.
Over forty secondary schools participated in the competition.
The President Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Down Town district 9140, Dr Abiye Tamuno-Opubo, said that the competition was organised to improve the word and knowledge base of students in the state in addition to the spelling challenges that is evident in our society.
He commended the centre for Creative Art Education for pledging to further expose the winners of the competition in the contest to serve as trainees in public speaking, entrepreneurial development and other aspects of human capacity development.
Also speaking, the representative of the Chairman, Board of Secondary Education, Miss Ogbonna Dokubo commended the club for the programme as it will encourage children to reading widely adding that the Board was ready to work with my club that is ready to support education in the state.
The Executive Director, centre for Creative Art Education, Mrs Hilda Dokubo described the competition as timely as the culture of decline in the society.
She observed that, with this programme, children will begin to see the need for reading stressing that the centre will continue to work with the Rotary Club to improve education in 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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