The Guest Speaker at the 3rd Speech, Prize-Giving & Graduation Ceremony of Medmina College, Iyana Ajia, Egbeda, Ibadan, Oyo State, Director, Da’awah Institute of Nigeria, Alhaji Ibrahim Yahya, has stated that education is the most fundamental thing in life, without which nothing tangible could be achieved.
In his lecture titled ‘Islamic Pedagogy in Nigeria: Issues and Ways Forward, he emphasised the need for all stakeholders in the present and emerging Muslim education institutions and wider mainstream universities, to extol the educational values of critical openness and dialogue so that they can better respond to the changing needs of students under their care.
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“Identify with your students and be merciful while teaching them. Also, demonstrate whatever you want to teach with visuals because if someone forgets the theory, he or she cannot forget the physical,” Alhaji Yahya stated.
He concluded by congratulating the college on its efforts so far and advised the school not to rest on its oars.
While addressing the audience, the Parents/Teachers’ Association (PTA) chairman, Alhaji Nurain Zakariyah congratulated the secondary school graduates who have successfully gone through an important phase of study which laid the foundation of life-long learning. He also thanked parents and teachers for giving the students their unfailing support and an enabling environment in which their potential is nurtured and developed through a wide variety of admirable learning experiences.
“Their own age is different from ours because they think faster than we do. Therefore, our responsibilities as parents are: to lead them aright, give them wings to fly and help them to fly in the right direction.”
Alhaji Zakariyah, in addition, said that globalisation, the advent of information technology, and the development of a knowledge-based economy are leading to changes at an unprecedented rate and scale.
The knowledge children learn in schools will soon lag behind the development of the society. In view of the challenges ahead, there is therefore need to equip the new generation to be “life-long learners” and with the ability to “learn how to learn”, so that they can keep abreast of changes and become active and valuable members of our Islamic community.
He concluded up his speech by saying that while the school is an important place for children’s education, families play an equally critical role in the development of their children. In particular, parents are instrumental in their personal growth and attitudes towards life. “The partnership Medmina College has forged with parents has contributed significantly to making learning more interesting and effective for students. The ethos of this caring school culture has supported the school management, teachers and parents in the quest for a high quality education.”
The Head, Human Resource and Administration, Mr Muhammad Abdallah, tasked parents to join the school to train their children as first class citizens and also promised that the institution will improve next session.
The outgoing senior prefect, Ibrahim Ayman, in his farewell speech, appreciated the school management and staff for their continuous efforts and for believing in them. He promised, on behalf of his colleagues, to keep the flag flying by remembering their roots and all they had learnt as students. Finally, he admonished other students to remain focused and make use of all the opportunities within the school.