THE need to prepare children and young adults in Nigeria for societal relevance now and in future in the emerging world of work and knowledge economy has made it imperative for the country to include leadership skills development in the school curriculum from primary to tertiary level. Doing this will enable schools, public and private-owned alike, to produce fit-for-purpose and future ready learners that will create wealth and solution-providers even while still in schools rather than being job seekers after graduation. This was the summation of thoughts and perspectives of participants at the one-day workshop organised by an education technology company, Teesas Education, in Lagos, last Wednesday.
The hybrid event, which was organised in conjunction with Franklin Covey, a global education resource training centre, has many high- profile school owners and administrators, managers and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector in attendance. They discussed leadership development in children with a focus on the transformative “Leader in Me” programme. The ‘Leader in Me’ programme addresses school development in three core areas: culture, leadership and academics, and enhances student development by coaching them to look towards becoming effective leaders to themselves and to others now and in the future.
Welcoming participants, chairman/CEO of Teesas Education, Mr Osayi Izedonmwen, said the ‘Leader in Me’ programme was designed as a paradigm shift from the .