St Andrew’s Head Teachers Laud Gov. Fubara

Head teachers of St. Andrew’s State Model Primary School 4, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt, have commended the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara for making school sports compulsory in the state. Presenting an address, on behalf of teachers in the school during its 7th annual maiden inter-house sports competition at the school field recently in Port Harcourt, Mrs. China Leah Chika said they would continue to thank the governor for permission to organise sports competition and making sports compulsory across the state.
Said she: “We want to thank our gallant and amiable governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara who made sports compulsory for primary schools in the state and developing the Real Madrid Academy in the state. We also appreciate him further for the installation of the solar light to St. Andrew State School 1.
“Again, we want to thank the Hon. commissioner for Education, Prof. Prince Chinedu Mmom who not only pilots the state education, but is also a lover of sports.”
She expressed satisfaction with the way Dr. Fyneface Aka has been running the state UBE Board, adding that the learning environment in the state is second to none.
“The entire management and staff of this school want to appreciate our father, Ven. Dr Aka for his care and support to the staff and teachers under the UBE board. We want to thank him immensely for ensuring that the pupils and teachers enjoy good, safe and secured learning environment,” Mrs. China stated.
She described sports as an essential part of the learning process. “Sports are an essential and integral part of the learning process which creates a balance of mind in the learners, especially in the early years of life. This is the main reason for setting a day apart for the talent exhibition,” Mrs. China asserted.
On the challenges facing the four schools, Mrs Chika had this to say: “We the teachers of this school want to appeal to the authority of the Rivers State that more teachers should be employed into the system to enable the smooth running of the schools.
“Besides, we need the support of parents with regards to the monitoring of the children’s work at home and help in bringing them to the schools. Parents should assist teachers to further supervise the pupil’s activities daily, so as to fight the menace of moral decadence such as cultism, stealing and other social vices in our society.”
She also appealed to the state government to connect the school to the national grid for direct electricity supply.
The school head assured that the management of the school would work assiduously with the state ministry of Education and Sports to train the pupils in order to produce good future leaders.
She commended parents and friends of the school for gracing the inter-house sports competition.
In his remarks, chairman of the occasion, Hon. Princewill Tobin said sports is a unifying factor, which, helps to produce well-rounded individuals and pupils.
He described the St Andrew’s School inter-house sports competition as about the best and commended the management of the school for inspiring the pupils to greater height. Our correspondent reports that at the end of the sporting event, Red House emerged the overall winner, Yellow House took the second position, while Orange House placed third position.