Being a school owner, headmaster, principal or education administrator can be a whole lot of work. It's one of the most tedious work out there.

The challenges in it are sometimes almost unbearable. Some of the challenges faced include the following:

1. Payment of school fees: often times, parents pay their children's school fees late, while some give excuses like they have not been paid or the economy is bad.

2. Discipline: some parents have issues with the discipline system of the school. So, some proprietors, head teachers and school owners become careful of how they handle students in school. In a way, discipline is gradually watered down in the system, and lawlessness is encouraged among children for fear of their parents withdrawing them from school.

3. Having the right teachers: having a cooperating team of teachers, academic and non academic staff, is not something that's usually common.

4. Payment of teachers: while the head teacher (or whoever is responsible for the payments) complains of students not paying, the teachers are complaining about not being paid early. This creates pressure for both parties.

Here are a number of ways to improve your school:

1. Improve your value: There are some primary and secondary schools that don't have any of these challenges aforementioned. Instead, parents would trooping in to register their children. Parents count it a pride to have their children in that school. Teachers would beg to teach in such school. Students would do anything to make it to the school.

And the only magic behind it is the value they put into the school.

No parents want their children to be left out of a school that guarantees their children the following

A. moral education
B. Straight As
C. One time sitting for SSCE exam, and Jamb exam
D. Takes children out on tourism,
E. Have teachers that can efficiently teach in tertiary schools teaching in that school.
F. Have great people/heroes and public figures finish from that school.
Etc.
When you put value first on the table, everyone that needs it would not need a megaphone before they come rushing at it. In fact, they'll pay any amount to get that value.

2. Consistent Improvement[i][/i][b][/b]: In an electric speed age as this, if you sit down with what you knew yesterday, you'll be overtaken so fast that you won't know how or when it happened.

The educational sector is fast changing. In fact, Nigeria's future educational system (which many schools are yet to step into) is already a past to some developed countries out there. While we are here battling with a curriculum that is outdated, teaching students how to solve problems that no longer exists, some countries are teaching their children to solve problems that are yet to exist. No wonder we ask jambites and ss3 students to solve PAST questions.

Look sir, ma, if you want to grow your school, make it phenomenal one, then you must not let down your guard on improving consistently.
Here is how to improve consistently
A. Attend seminars
B. Integrate with principals, administrators and teachers of the kind of school you want your school to be like.
C. Work hard on your school until your role models become your rivals
D. Organize consistent 21st century training for your teachers.
E. Observe your students and the trend of things.
F. Maximize technology
G. Read online on topics related to the 21st century school.
H. Copy your role models, tweak it a little, and make use of it in your school.
I. Watch your competitors
J. Study on the future of education, and be one of the first to implement it in your school, in line with your school's vision and mission statement.

3. Brand & Advertise Your School:
Does your school have a certain impression, feeling or vibe that people get when the name of your school is mentioned?
Does it have a logo?
Is your school on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter?
Does your school have a website?
Do people outside the school know about your school?
What are those things that make your school different from other schools?
Doe people know what your school's uniqueness are?

Advertising school nowadays, just like advertising soap, is no longer limited to traditional media such as TV, Radio, Bill Board, Fliers, etc. Helpful as they are, social media is a better advertising force. Your online media will not only reach people beyond the scope of your school, it will also extend the impact of your branding beyond.

Now, there are several other challenges facing schools and school owners, and there are several other ways to improve your school.

Fortunately, I already discussed and provided answers to all the questions and even gave extra tips on how to handle your staff/teachers. All of these are contained in my Straight-To-The-Point eBook. The eBook is cheap for those who know it's value. Contact me to get your copy of the eBook


And if you should ever need the following:
1. branding,
2. online media management for your school
3. training for your teachers
4. Career talk, engaging programs for your kids


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