Tit-bits:
What is the READ INITIATIVE all about?
READ simply stands for Reviving Early Academic Development. It was conceived in year 2000 after spending 20 years of my career as a school teacher in science subjects.
That was in institutions such as Edeki Grammar School Otuo,( NYSC, 1976-77), in Bendel state(now defunct), Govt. Secondary School, Agbamu, Kwara State, Govt. Girls School, Obangede, (then in Kwara state but now Kogi State), Abdul Azeez Attah Memorial College (AAAMCO,) Okene and Gov. Day Sec. School, Adankolo, Kogi State. It was after all these experiences that I veered fully into the field of journalism.
Furthermore, it was through my experiences in these schools that informed the writing of my motivational bestseller, ‘HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT’© 2013.
THE VISION is to revive all-round development of pupils and students, at the foundation level of education. One discovered over the years, that many of them fail their examinations not because they are not potentially brilliant but due to lack of good upbringing right from their homes, lack of quality teachers, low teacher-to pupils/students ratio as well as lack of enabling environment for quality education delivery.
These include lack of requisite reading materials, laboratory equipment, practical lessons and lack of focus on their studies as many of them are distracted by societal events and frivolous lifestyles.
So, I go round schools to deliver motivational lectures. And I keep encouraging people to get back to their alma mater to assist in infrastructural development, donation of books, rebuilding school buildings, equipping the libraries and laboratories, in line with the READ Initiative.
** Schools I have delivered such Motivational Lectures, include:
***Victory Group of Schools, Maryland Lagos, Airforce Primary School, Ikeja Lagos, New Erral Group of Schools, Jankara and Progress College, Abule-Egba ,Lagos.
TOPICS of lecture include:
1. Preparing for Tomorrow, Today
2. Bringing Out the Best in You!
3. The Power of Creativity in Students’ Success
4. The Role of Modern Technology in Students’ Development
5. How to Choose the Right Career for You
6. How Drug Addiction and Trafficking Ruins Your future
7. Learning from the Best for Self Development
VITAL INFORMATION:
Parents, Principals and Proprietors who are interested should add me on WhatsApp 07068638066
***REASONS for dedicating the READ Initiative to Mrs. Adeline Cripe ( of blessed memory).
1. She paid my school fees from Form 2 in 1967 to Form 5 in 1970 at Ochaja Secondary School.
2. Apart from teaching the English language she encouraged and honed my writing skill, such that I came up with my first novel as a Form Four student in 1969, though I did it for fun and never got it published.
3. The motivational lessons I gleaned from her and other missionary teachers at that wonderful and all-round developing school who gave my classmates and I all their best must not be lost.