Kith and kin Educational Schools: Communique Of The Parents/Teachers Dinner Meeting

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Communique Of The Parents/Teachers Dinner Meeting

PREAMBLE

The meeting started with a drama by the teachers titled “The Good, the bad and the ugly teacher”. The message of the drama was to depict the good teacher as a 21^st century teacher, who is students centered. He makes the students think and makes learning interesting. He is friendly and firm. The bad teacher on the other hand is an agrarian teacher, who believes in forcing learning down into the students. The students are scared of him and do not always want him in the classroom. The ugly teacher is not organized, lacks classroom management skill and do not always prepare for his class.

CLO PRESENTATION

In his presentation the CLO shared the Vision, Mission and Goal of KKES with the audience. The striking point of the presentation was what makes Kith and Kin Educational Schools different from other schools. They include:
1.    We transform and mould students in learning and character.
2.    We train students in their authentic ability to pass examinations
3.    We follow up on our graduating students admission to universities.
4.    We promote students/parents voices in matters concerning the school management.
5.    We identify and support the uniqueness of each student/child to excel.
6.    We teach leadership and entrepreneurship skills.
7.    We prioritise staff professional development.
He concluded his presentation by soliciting for the support, collaboration, understanding and contribution of parents in ensuring that the school achieve its goal.

ISSUES

After the CLO’s presentation, the parents went into discussion session. The issues deliberated upon were:
1.    School fees.
2.    Uniform.
3.    Textbook.
4.    School lunch.
5.    International Examinations.
6.    Transportation.
7.    School facilities.
8.    Hostel facilities.
9.    Discipline and exam conduct.
10. Pedagogical reform.

RECOMMENDATION

TEXTBOOK
1.    The status quo should remain, whereby parents buy their textbooks. But we are concern at the number of books recommended. We believe this can be reduced considerably to exact number.
2.    We frown at parents not providing books for their wards and encourage all to assist the school and the children.

DISCIPLINE AND EXAM CONDUCT
1.    When teachers observe students with unethical behaviour, parents should be sent written note ( 3 times). And if there is no change in such a student, a text message should be sent to the parent for a meeting.
2.    Parents should give adequate parental care to their wards and monitor the academic activities of their wards.
3.    Students in SS3 should not be allowed or encouraged by parents/teachers to write GCE/NECO examinations, until after the senior secondary school certificate examination.

SCHOOL LUNCH
1.    Parents are to decide on the system to adopt either to give money to their wards for lunch or bring food from home.
2.    For the boarders, the school should take full control on the meal system.
3.    The opinion of the school management is to start mandatory school lunch by September 2010.

UNIFORM
1.    There should be improvement on the quality and the sewing of the uniform.
2.    School shoes should be made available and the quality to be improved upon.
3.    The school cardigan should be made available in the school shop for parents to buy for their children in order to keep the children warn during the raining season.

INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATION
1.    The cost should be affordable and competitive
2.    The programme should not be profit oriented.
3.    The parents should be allowed to spread the fees over a period of time.
4.    A dedicated account should be opened for the fees right from when the child is in JSS1

TRANSPORTATION
1.    More buses should be introduced
2.    More prayers and pressure on government to reconstruct the Owode –Ibeshe road.
3.    Drivers to be advised to exercise patience and cooperate with parents.
4.    Bus assistants should be trained to be customer friendly.

SCHOOL FACILITIES
1.    Parents and guardians are impressed that the school has most of the facilities expected.
2.    The school sick bay should be upgraded to a standard clinic.
3.    Parents should be allowed to conduct regular inspection of the school facilities and comment on improvement that can be made.

HOSTEL
1.    More workers should be employed in the hostel.
2.    Proper preparation of food in the hostel should be monitored and ensured.
3.    Regular fumigation of the hostel environment.
4.    The water in the hostel should be properly treated.
5.    To avoid stealing and pilfering in the hostel, parents should make adequate provision for their wards. Any child caught in the act of stealing and pilferage should be suspended for two weeks.
6.    Roll call should be taken in the hostel after any activity in the hostel to enable the hostel master monitor the students.

SCHOOL FEES
1.    School fees increment should be done periodically.
2.    Scholarship programme should be expanded to encourage healthy competition among the students.
3.    Three week deadline for payment of school fees is supported by the parents.

PEDAGOGICAL REFORM
1.    There should be a blend between the mechanistic/behavioural approach of teaching and the constructive approach.
2.    Teaching and learning should be student centered.
3.    The individualism of students should be respected.
4.    Students should be encouraged to participate in class work and assignment.
5.    As part of the reform students should be exposed to more activities that align with what is taught in the class for them to develop skills in those areas.

RESOLUTIONS
At the end of the programme the parents resolved as follow:
1.    The school should continue with the transportation services as many of the parents work outside Ikorodu.
2.    Parents agreed to sponsor a full page advert in a national newspaper to call the attention of Lagos State Government to the bad condition of Owode-Ibeshe Road and solicit for the reconstruction of the road.

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PARENTS/TEACHERS DINNER MEETING