Proprietress of Chloe’s Brainiac Academy, Kubwa, Confidence Chimara has identified lack of conducive environment as one of the major factors affecting the educational system in Nigeria.
Chimara stated this while speaking to newsmen in her office at the weekend.
She informed that she ventured into the education sector in order to contribute her quota in correcting some of the anomalies she noticed in the system while growing up.
According to her, “when I was in nursery and primary school in the 90’s, I loved education, I have been an advocate of education. I love developing young lads, hence I studied English Education.
“I love impacting knowledge. Seeing how education was managed then, I dreamt of running an educational institution that will impact knowledge in children and bring out their inner mind on what they want to become in life, hence I ventured into it,” she said.
On the challenges encountered so far, Mrs Chimara said the major challenges facing her school is the population of pupils, as they newly opened the Kubwa branch. She, however, believes that the number would increase in the next one year.
She expressed delight that parents who visit the school always note that environment is conducive for academic activities.
“Many parents that come for enquiry love the environment and standard.”
About Chloe’s Curriculum, Mrs Chimara said the curriculum is standard, as we combine Nigeria and British curriculum. “We make sure our teachers adhere to the curriculum. We even practice extra curriculum activities such as singing, dancing and many others.
“Based on my findings before opening Chloe’s, I noticed so many lapses in Nigeria’s educational system, such as dilapidated school buildings, lack of adequate classrooms and no equipment to teach the children. Some pupils even learn under threes. Many schools are good at employing quacks who did not have the requisite teaching certificates, especially teaching children. This is mostly applicable in private schools.
“Here in Chloe’s, we don’t employ anyhow person as a teacher. The qualification and knowledge are necessary,” she added.
Mrs Chimara advised the relevant authorities to uphold standards if the nation’s education system must improve, stressing the need for private and public schools to have the same standard.