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Oga, leave teaching in private school and go to public ie government owned one. Private school is a sensitive business where the owner has to have students to run the school. Simple misunderstanding with parents can destroy a school, it takes just 1 parent to bad mouth the place and parents start pulling out their kids, when that happens you as a staff will leave for employment elsewhere leaving the failure to the owners.
Private school is not for you.

NiceLegs:
I am a Teacher. I have a Bachelors Degree (B.Sc) in Geography and Planning. I have experience teaching in both Primary and Secondary School. I am also very skilled at teaching Maths at Primary and Junior Secondary level. But the day I left teaching in Nigeria was the day my life changed.
A time is coming soon when Parents will end up leaving their jobs to stay back at home to teach their own children by themselves because there would be noone to teach your kids. I can just imagine Baba Femi who doesnt know Maths atall struggling to teach his 10yrs old son Mathematics. Mark my words. I'm out.

Teachers are essential in every society. The Nigerian problem is that many who are into teaching are there for the wrong reasons, and those of them who are there for the right reasons — because they love teaching and have a true passion for training the future generation — do not get the respect they deserve from those in the establishment and the entire education system itself(not the kids). And this is where having teacher's unions in each district — for private and for public schools — would make a whole lot of sense and go a long way in bringing some sanity into all of this.

One of the worse place to work is private schools .. I mean most of them are Greedy and just after opening another branch

A teacher has to ensure JSS3 students finish their food? Abi na Primary 3 you wan write?

Anyway, I am sure you didn't enter a covenant with them. Start planning your exit.

JSS 3?

Those are spoiled kids.You should be a no nonsense teacher

Allotrope69:
Amen. Thanks

how much is the salary?

NiceLegs:
I am a Teacher.

I have a Bachelors Degree (B.Sc) in Geography and Planning.

I have experience teaching in both Primary and Secondary School.

I am also very skilled at teaching Maths at Primary and Junior Secondary level.

I am a WAEC Examiner (Geography). I mark WAEC Examinations in my Subject Specialism Geography.

I also have a Teaching Certificate called TEFL Certificate (Teaching English As A Foreign Language) that can take me abroad to teach English Language in Asia.

I'm still in Nigeria o but the day I left teaching in Nigeria was the day my life changed.

A time is coming soon when Parents will end up leaving their jobs to stay back at home to teach their own children by themselves because there would be noone to teach your kids.

I can just imagine Baba Femi who doesnt know Maths atall struggling to teach his 10yrs old son Mathematics.

Mark my words.

I'm out.

Thank God for you

chinnyonwu:
All these stories. I got tired of reading . Why can't you quit . Is it a cult? Because I'm sure that a school collecting 40k per term per child can't afford to pay you anything reasonable .

You mustn't read it

ednut1:
how much is the salary?

40k

Transport
House-Rent
And feeding from it

Apcshyte:
JSS 3?

Those are spoiled kids.You should be a no nonsense teacher

Yes I'm a no nonsense teacher. But I still find time to play with the students. I even dance for them when teaching

pocohantas:
A teacher has to ensure JSS3 students finish their food? Abi na Primary 3 you wan write?

Anyway, I am sure you didn't enter a covenant with them. Start planning your exit.

JSS 3

Hello,

If as a Maths teacher you don't know how to up your game, then you are to blame.

There are certain subjects that school owners, parents and students should literally be begging for their attention, maths is one of them.

My core subjects are Maths and English and I never taught in any school, to keep my sanity and dignity intact.

I simply joined a facility put together by someone who used to be a teacher but probably got tired of these shenanigans. What you do there is teach only in the evenings when kids are back. He has connections in all those big schools. He will get the parents to register with him and charge them heavily. The only problem is that he didn't pay much. But by the time I added all the money from students and pupils together, I got 60k as at 2019. This is even because I was a nursing mom at the time and I have to care for my kids. He will post you to students in your area. I can give you his contact if you wish. He is based in Lagos. He is a grand master in what he does, he even trained us once in a month. How to cope with different types of children and how to handle difficult ones. You can even do this as well if you are smart. But you need to learn from this guy first, cos I've never seen his type of style in education.

I taught kids from big schools like Chrisland and the likes, who use British curriculums. If you are sound and you know your onions, you will make far more than you are making now as a Maths teacher.


Do you know how many people abroad who are looking for online Maths teachers for their kids? Paying teachers in their countries is too expensive, so they will gladly hire you online. Just a laptop and data, with generator cos of light, you can make 500k a month. You are not spending on transport, no hassle and bustle, you will remain fresh and clean.


Nigerians just complain without looking inwards.

Nuff said.

Please which state is the school located. I have over 25 yrs teaching experience, I studied Physics Education. But any school that insults my personality give them back equally because I have my handwork. Every teacher should look for a back up plans apart from teaching. In respect to copra punishment. Every child needs it , but we should do it with 💕😘 love, if not the next generation will be garbage.QED

Allotrope69:
Yes I'm a no nonsense teacher. But I still find time to play with the students. I even dance for them when teaching

Playing or dancing for them is a form of weakness.You should just teach them because that form is a vital form before entering SS1

pocohantas:
A teacher has to ensure JSS3 students finish their food? Abi na Primary 3 you wan write?

Anyway, I am sure you didn't enter a covenant with them. Start planning your exit.

Where in this Nigeria will students of JSS3 to asked finish their food
How many JSS students even take food to eat, with how they form Big Boys and Girls at that Age?

The OP is a LIAR!

FRUSTRATION has eaten deep into him.

Maybe we should Blame Tinibu Sha.

mikkyangel3:
Na mumu dey send their children to Nigerian schools.

Get their syllabus, get Starlink,

Home school your kids.

If you leave your children's education to half-baked, poorly-paid, frustrated Nigerian teachers?

Oyo is your casel.

You are sick

Apcshyte:
Playing or dancing for them is a form of weakness.You should just teach them because that form is a vital form before entering SS1

Oga pls free me.
What do u know?

What is weakness in me dancing for my students when teaching them?
If u lack what to say, pls kindly ignore the post.

Allotrope69:
Honestly. Reason I refused to replied his comment. He's actually an idiot.

Yet, you complained that your students call teachers stupid! Looks like they learnt from you

Beremx:
The experience I had teaching primary five spoilt brats whose parents are rich, I vowed never to teach in a school again. Imagine kids of 10 years threatening their teachers with police arrest? The proprietress of the school pampers the kids and see no fault in them.

I weak

private school in Lagos when a fellow teacher who does lesson for a child because I beat a boy who was negligent and spoilt the stupid teachers in that school called me to apologize to the child. After forcing me and the teachers started acting weird had to use one teacher's phone I was close with who was his former class teacher to state the reason why I beat the child in short I had to apologize after massive pressure what do I know then I thought money was everything. The boy saw me the following day and told me I told my parents I have forgiven you. I shock. I happy I left there. Teaching is worse than being a cleaner imagine a graduate treated like mopstick. I faced a lot of disgusting things as class teacher in Lagos. When I see parents of wards I see them like dog shiits... I currently teach in another school but I have vowed never to relate with any parent. Sometimes I no dey greet them. Useless bunch of millennial parents my generation is the worst parents have seen the and Gen X

mikkyangel3:
Na mumu dey send their children to Nigerian schools. Get their syllabus, get Starlink, Home school your kids. If you leave your children's education to half-baked, poorly-paid, frustrated Nigerian teachers? Oyo is your casel.

I expected that homeschooling would have caught on by now given the terrible state of schooling in Nigeria but unfortunately, Nigerian parents don't even see that as something at all.

madamgrace:
Yet, you complained that your students call teachers stupid! Looks like they learnt from you

Lols,

The OP is Clearly a Frustrated Childish Boy Teacher.

This is how he probably talks to his Students and colleagues,
Which he claims do not like him.

He needs to learn. Proper Communication skills.

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

Take heart, you operate in a demon-infested society

sprints1:
■ private school in Lagos when a fellow teacher who does lesson for a child because I beat a boy who was negligent and spoilt the stupid teachers in that school called me to apologize to the child. After forcing me and the teachers started acting weird had to use one teacher's phone I was close with who was his former class teacher to state the reason why I beat the child in short I had to apologize after massive pressure what do I know then I thought money was everything. The boy saw me the following day and told me I told my parents I have forgiven you. I shock. I happy I left there.
■ Teaching is worse than being a cleaner imagine a graduate treated like mopstick. I faced a lot of disgusting things as class teacher in Lagos. When I see parents of wards I see them like dog shiits... I currently teach in another school but I have vowed never to relate with any parent. Sometimes I no dey greet them. Useless bunch of millennial parents my generation is the worst parents have seen the and Gen X

1. Your fellow teacher had absolutely no right to ASSAULT a child. You assault any child— except for case of self-defense—, you should be jailed

2. Teaching is not for everyone. Only those with the right temperament, and emotional and social intelligence levels should be allowed to teach abeg!

VinnyBaba:
Lols,

The OP is Clearly a Frustrated Childish Boy Teacher.

This is how he probably talks to his Students and colleagues,
Which he claims do not like him.

He needs to learn. Proper Communication skills.

Do u know you're senseless?

mikkyangel3:
Na mumu dey send their children to Nigerian schools.

Get their syllabus, get Starlink,

Home school your kids.

If you leave your children's education to half-baked, poorly-paid, frustrated Nigerian teachers?

Oyo is your casel.

not all teachers are half-baked some of us developed ourselves and we value our integrity. I find homeschooling a positive way helping kids in this modern day. I think the traditional teaching method is frustrating. But I am educationist. Are we really teaching these students or indoctrinating them with useless ideas they won't need. I have learnt a lot after learning from a group called revival of wisdom. I think so far a child is able to comprehend and do basic summation and difference the rest is bullshiiit

Jamie248:
Take heart, you operate in a demon-infested society

🙏🙏🙏

Kobojunkie:
That one should not be your own business at all because you are there to school the kids as the parents want you to. And I would not trust the Ministry of Education in Nigeria when it comes to what is right or wrong for my kids.

So they should continue pampering and spoiling the kids right?
if that woman is not careful, she will.produce failures in mass from her school.
@OP, u should for other schools to.teach! that's not a workable school system. it will soon implode educationally and disciplinewise

sprints1:
■ not all teachers are half-baked some of us developed ourselves and we value our integrity. I find homeschooling a positive way helping kids in this modern day. I think the traditional teaching method is frustrating. But I am educationist. Are we really teaching these students or indoctrinating them with useless ideas they won't need. I have learnt a lot after learning from a group called revival of wisdom. I think so far a child is able to comprehend and do basic summation and difference the rest is bullshiiit

Nigerian schools along with the vast majority of Nigerian teachers are clearly in terrible straits. The entire educational system should be overhauled at this point as what is clear.

Allotrope69:
As a teacher in this particular sch, I and my colleagues have been completely dissatisfied with some of the school's anti-worker policies.

There's no decision or policy that favors the teachers. We are always at the receiving end of every decision.
For instance, as a form Teacher and also a teacher of Mathematics, I must ensure that my students eat their foods(Lunch). I must monitor them closely to make sure they don't take their foods home. They must finish their food.
If any student absents himself/herself, I must call the parents to check. Failure to do so would be akin and tantamount to insensitivity and lack of care for my students. These are JSS3 students we are talking about. But if the teacher is absent due to one reason or the other, same parents would not bother to check on the teacher even if they are aware.

Here's the most annoying part for me. I have a student. A new student who just came in in September. The child hasn't been doing well. The parents came on Open Day and met with me, we discussed on the way forward and how we can help the child to do better. This is a student who cares less about studies, so it is almost difficult to help him. Today we concluded our second Continuous Assessment Test and almost every teacher whose subjects had been written have all marked their scripts. I told this particular student to go round the teachers and get the scores of all His subjects for me. They offer 18 subjects. But to my surprise, the proprietoriess told me to go round the teachers and get his scores. She said so in the presence of this child. This is a woman that knows how busy I am as a Maths teacher, I barely even sit in my class cos I am always up and doing. What's wrong in a child carrying out this simple task?

Some supervisors came from the Ministry of Education a few weeks ago, and they noticed that we over pamper the children. They told us that they hope we have a university for them, because the way we are pampering them, if they go to higher institutions with such lackadaisical & nonchalant attitude, they will fail. So it's either we reduce the way we do it or we build a university for them to continue the pampering. It's not like the sch is a big sch where parents pay heavy sums as sch fees. Fee is 40k per term.

As a teacher, if a student fails to do your assignment, and u discipline that child, the proprietoriess will blame u. And if u don't discipline that child to Correct him/her, and same proprietoriess finds out that the students didn't do your assignment, she will public scold you. Shout at an erring student, it's a problem. Flog the child, it's a problem. Talk to the child, it's a problem. They will find a way of misconstruing your words to suit their narratives. A student can insult u and u won't do anything. If u do, they will label u as wicked. They will ask u why u can't see the child as just a child and overlook things. It's really frustrating.
You can imagine catching a JSS 2 student doing test and exam malpractice, if u deduct the child's score, it's a problem. If u flog, it's a Problem. I once deducted a child's score when I caught him him cheating in an exam. I mean, this boy had the impetus, guts and audacity to open his Maths notebook and be copying directly to his exams script. I used my red pen to deduct just 10marks, and in the end, I was told not to deduct any score. It was said right in the presence of this same student, and other students present there. I was weak. Very weak.

Some parents also try to bully teachers cos they are backed up by the school owners. After all, a customer is always right. If a Parent contracts u to have a private lesson for their child, and such parent refuses to pay you at the time they should pay, and u dare ask for your money, u could be in hot soup. The parent might call the school owners to report that you're harassing them and you will get the blame. In fact, the school owners tell u what to charge them.

The proprietor of the sch is who understands all these, but his wife is different. His wife is so sentimental, biased and emotional and unfair when judging cases. There are three staff there who can never be wrong in her eyes. Three days into my assumption of duty there, I was told about this by some old staff, but I doubted until I found out that what I heard was actually the truth. I believe a Boss should carry everyone along and not love some and despise others. She goes as far as gossipping about her staff with other staff(her right-hand staff).

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

See, I love teaching and God knows. I'm so passionate about this profession despite the fact that it is almost not a lucrative job. I have taught in Nine(9) private schools, in four(4) different states of this country so I'm well experienced by God's grace. But this sch is something else. The only good thing is that they don't owe salaries. Never.

My question here is why are u teachers in private schools always trying to exercise authority on ur students as against building a bonding relationship with them.

All ur complains are about competing for attention with ur students. Why parents don't call u when ure absent but u should call the students when they are absent? Are the parents ur teachers or ur students?? They can only call u based on personal value they have for u because of what they believe u offer to them not out of obligation like u want.

Even u teachers are looking for princesses treatment u have no idea what a teachers duty is.

How can a Proprietoress who was once a teacher in someone's sch boldly tell her staff that their Future end here in her sch, and that the students are now the future. And that the children will be more successful than the teachers? . It tells a lot as to how she sees and perceives her employees and reason she mistreats her staff. She has placed a limit on us that we can't go beyond where we are.

OP, may the Almighty God give you boldness and courage to take your destiny in your hands and get out of that setting latest December 2024.

Mathematics teacher for that matter. All you need is PP for students, you become master of your time. Upgrade to senior secondary/PUTME/SAT curriculum and go into PP..God bless you.