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| Kwalar Helen Muyi |
There are two categories of teachers. Those
who joined teaching profession as a calling and those joined it because they
needed to get into the public service. Kwalar Helen, the Head teacher of Government Practicing School Binju in Nkambe Central is a teacher by calling. Meet her for a
talk for the first time, and just from her voice you will understand that she
is a refined teacher. Three simple things make her a good teacher. They are so simple,
yet so tough to notice. The same qualities are found in a good principal,
and a good high school or university teacher.
The question as to whether female
teachers encourage girl education finds an answer in Kwalar Helen's abilities as an outstanding teacher in communities she taught. Her trappings
as Head Teacher at GS Njap and now GS Binju have proven beyond reasonable
doubts that putting more female teachers into school management positions and the
classroom make the female teachers become positive role models to young girls. "Children have
more need of models, than of critics" says Joubelt. In fact, what
makes Kwalar Helen an outstanding role model teacher and head teacher is that
she creates the conditions under which learning takes place. Though Primary
Schools in Donga Mantung Division performed poorly at the 2016 First School
Leaving Certificate examination, she was one of the few that stood out of the
madding crowd with quantitative and qualitative results. One of the most
gratifying aspects of a school teacher is measured in the knowledge children
learn and what they produce as results.
Teaching is primary school can’t be any
different and giving children a diverse range of role models and opportunities
is one of the keys to success. Primary teachers work with children between the
ages of three and eleven and are required to teach all of the subjects which
are in the national curriculum, and Kwalar Helen has been doing it with a lot of
dexterity.
Happy Teachers Day
Madame When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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