COBIS 2015 Conference on 16 -17 April 2015

On 16-17 April 2015, Grange School Lagos will be the host school for the first Council of British International Schools (COBIS) Conference in Africa. COBIS is the organisation which serves British International Schools of global quality, representing over 300 prestigious member organisations worldwide.

This Conference entitled  "Students taking ownership of their learning" is the first of its kind in Africa and will be drawing participants from all British International School on the Continent and Overseas.

The event which will run 9am - 4pm on both days (exhibition at 8am), and have a Gala Conference Dinner on 16th April 2015, will provide high-quality CPD through a mix of keynote speeches, seminars and workshop by leading UK educational expert, on arrange of topics including:

British International Schools: The Africa Perspective - Challenges, Threats, Opportunities

British International Schools: Meeting the Challenges of Becoming Outstanding

Education: Current Trends and Issues

New Models of Educational Delivery: Opportunities and Challenges

Using ICT to Enhance, Extend and Support Learning

Special Educational Needs

Differentiation and Personalised Learning

Effective Lesson Observation

And more

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Be a part of history in the making:
COBIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR SCHOOL LEADERS, TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, LAGOS, NIGERIA

THEME: "Students taking ownership of their learning"

Date: 16 - 17th of April 2015

Venue: GRANGE SCHOOL Ikeja,Ikeja Lagos

For whom:

Proprietors of British International Schools, Educational Leaders, Parents, Teachers, Assistant Teachers and Support staff are invited to join us for this COBIS Conference

Booking:

Please visit www.cobis.org.uk/lagos2015 for online booking form and registration.

Accommodation:

Hotel information will be circulated with booking confirmation.

Exhibitors are invited to participate in this conference. To download more information and book an exhibition stand

please complete an online exhibitor booking form at: www.cobis.org.uk/lagos2015

For additional information, please contact:
ma.olaosebikan@grangeschool.com

To be or not to be

Since 1973, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been in existence. The new mode of operations of NYSC now to post about 80% of Graduate yearly into the Education Sector as teachers, is something to ponder about as a to-be or Fresh Corp member. Equal National Development is what we intended to achieve according to the goal of NYSC, these goals are only going to be achieved if the corp members themselves are to willingly to help visualize this goal. So far, some Corp members are enjoying their new found career as teachers, good,good enough.we

But in Corperhood we have issues like: Poor Career Development- After spending 12months of NYSC life as a teacher and gained experience skills in another career path, coming back to one's career will not be so easy as there are many things to learn and unlearn, this will help in career development at all as organizations now have to retrain the newly acquired staff to get the best out of them. Safety of Life: Over the years many insurgencies of Boko Haram crisis has killed a good number of our active Corp Members being posted to some parts of the country under attacks of the Boko haram terrorist group. We just wonder why can't the corp members be posted to their region, that is Corper from western Nigeria should be posted to another state within the west, likewise for other corpers from other regions and areas social unrest should be avoided totally. Harsh Cultural practices: Our naive Corpers are not so acclaimed with their new environment as regards its culture and norms, some of us in search of adventures have lost their lives due to some cultural practices that takes place there that boldly allows strangers to be victims of the evils of this culture. Unsafe Environment: Some parts of Nigeria are dominated by scorpions, snakes,ants, etc i our houses that bites us as we diligently serve our nation...... Is this fair enough. Yes, we always adapt to new locations as we are Nigerians. Seriously our living conditions should be improved may be there should be a law to ensure that the accommodation available for Corpers to stay are actually habitable indeed. We should be protected as we serve our nation diligently, after all we could have cut corners yet yea said yes to this clarion call.