Association for Formidable Education Development (AFED), Anambra State partners Poland's Why Blue Sky on teaching methodologies

www.odogwublog.com reports that over Three Hundred (300) School Owners and Teachers drawn from Association for Formidable Education Development (AFED), Anambra state Chapter have benefitted from a one day workshop on new teaching methodologies targeted at stimulating the interest of children in Nigeria from Why Blue Sky organization, Poland.

Founder/Executive Director, Why Blue Sky, Poland and Children’s University Poland, Agata Willam on arrival paid a courtesy visit to the Anambra state Commissioner for Education, Prof Kate Azuka Omenugha , traditional ruler of Nibo, Awka South, Igwe Michael Ngene, Ezeike Nibo and the Moderator of the Presbyter, Presbyterian Church of Nigeria , Anambra, The Rt. Revd. Isaiah O. Ogbodo at Onitsha.

The Polish Educationist informed that about Six Hundred children were captured in one of the biggest cities in Poland-Krakow with her Children University formed a year ago, hence she decided to use her Why Blue Sky organization which is 10 years now to partner organizations across the world to spread the good news of her Mobile teaching experiments.

She said Nigeria has become Why Blue Sky’s gateway to Africa through her partnership with Association for Formidable Education Development (AFED), adding that her focus is on teachers to make them unique for Nigeria’s Nigerian smart children with her new ways of teaching modern smart children.

 Willam said the work place has changed and teachers must not only change but exemplary for the children they teach, even as she thanked the state Controller of AFED, and Founder of Christ World Crusader Church, Awka,  Pastor Donald Okorie for reaching out for the partnership.

‘’I am in Nigeria to introduce new ways of teaching teachers and children because teacher training/teacher education. I am proud that Nigerian teachers are eager to learn’’.

In his remarks, the State Controller of AFED/Founder, Christ World Crusader, Pastor Donald Okorie said they were getting the skill upgrade almost at no cost when it takes about N250,000 for the organization to upgrade a teacher with the new skills. He said AFED is the best to happen to Anambra state as there is now hope for low income families’ children. He said that AFED’s partnership with Why Blue Sky would benefit every child hence Church schools are targeted for the spread of the new teaching methodologies for smart children.

Pastor Donald informed that many children are on scholarship in AFED schools and that soonest they would embark on taking off the street school age children still hawking.

He reminded that Willam won’t be 34 hours on air to Nigeria for a child’s play hence AFED needed every support to make the partnership a worthwhile.

At the Education Ministry, Prof Omenugha lauded the initiative insisting that teacher training/teacher education remains the need of the state lauding the AFED for their initiative to partner Why Blue Sky to improve themselves even as she urged them to ensure the partnership is sustained.

Represented by Director of Schools in the state, Dr Ray Offor , Omenugha  said she is sure the partnership would be beneficial to Anambra teachers.

At the palace of Ezeike Nibo, Igwe Ngene, he was full of praises for the partnership between Anambra teachers and Poland organization on new teaching methodologies, adding that a trained teacher is a professional teacher.

Igwe Ezeike who taught for 20 years , prayed that the partnership be sustained for the benefit of the teachers.

 In an interview, Secretary of AFED/Pastor Bible Faith Gospel Center, Atani branch, Pastor Festus Kalu and Public Affairs Commissioner of AFED/Founder Chisky International Model School, Awka, Dr Azodo Joseph informed that AFED has championed the course of downtrodden in Anambra state , praying that the needed support would be gotten to enable them stand firm in South East.

Dr Azodo informed that the workshop was apt and commended the attendees for making the visit of Willam worthwhile.

Pastor Kalu on his part insisted that the new methodologies should be embraced by Anambra teachers and school owners for benefit of the children.