The Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA) is to partner with IB8 Ventures Limited to formulate a new document framework for the protection of pupils and students of DEPOWA schools.
This was part of the decisions reached by participants at a just concluded 3-day workshop for DEPOWA School Teachers, held from 16 -18 April 2019 in Abuja.
The proposed child protection policy document is intended to proactively addres all forms of child abuses, including; physical, emotional, sexual, neglect and bullying in DEPOWA group of schools.
Child abuse, has been described by child development psychologists as a violation of the fundamental rights of children and could impact negatively on their academic performance, as well as mental and physical wellbeing.
Aside the lecture on child abuse, participants were equally educated on concepts and principles of affective teaching – learning processes, where factors that encourage active learning, prompt feedback and cooperation among students were highlighted.
Principles of learning such as focus, organization, repetition, association, learner control, limitations, active participation were also discussed.
The discourse also focused on other perspectives, such as motivation, individual style and spacing.
Participants at the workshop were also exposed to effective use of instructional aids, like the world map, textbooks, games and pamphlets to enhance teaching.
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Emphasizing the need to incorporate technology into classroom teaching cum learning activities, so as to enhance education in Nigeria, the teachers and instructors were equally made to undergo diverse digital teaching skills employing appropriate teaching tools.
The participants were urged to be dedicated, committed and to strive towards timely completion of school syllabus; attributes which the resource persons described as essential for any qualified teacher.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, the DEPOWA President, Mrs Omobolanle Olonisakin, who was represented by the Association’s National Secretary, Mrs Christy Malgwi congratulated the participants for a successful workshop and encouraged them to use the knowledge gained to add value to the teaching profession.
She said the DEPOWA teachers were now better informed and ready for the task of positively impacting their pupils and students with the much needed thinking skills.
She also expressed appreciation to the management of IB8 Ventures for partnering with DEPOWA in the areas of human capacity development and empowerment programmes.
She assured them of the Association’s commitment to promoting quality education in the country.
In his remarks, Mr kunle Olatunji of IB8 Ventures and a co-facilitator of the training, commended the resilience and determination exhibited by the participants. He thanked DEPOWA for the collaborative effort.
Mr Kunle, one of the resource persons at the workshop expressed confidence that the customized and detailed policy framework on child protection would be crafted on a later date to enhance child protection in DEPOWA schools.
A statement by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Col Onyema Nwachukwu said the workshop ended with presentation of certificates to participants.
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