Vice President, Human Resources and Admin, Teesas Education, Mr Tom Ighalo ; Executive Director of Standard Bearers School, Mrs Modupe Adeyinka-Oni; Chairman and Founder, Teesas Education; Mr Osayi Izedonmwen; Founder, Oxbridge Tutorial College, Dr Femi Ogunsanya, and Head, Pegasus Schools, Mrs Monica Lewis, at the Teesas Leader in Me Programme.
They made this known at a one-day workshop organised by a private learning education centre, Teesas Education, in Lagos.The hybrid event, which was organised in conjunction with FranklinCovey, a global education resource training centre, was attended by school owners and administrators, drawn from within and outside the state.
He pointed out that the era where students are taught and prepared primarily to pass exams for the purpose of getting paid employment rather than becoming wealth creators and leaders in their chosen fields is no longer relevant in today’s world, where new knowledge of doing things is evolving daily. He said this was responsible for the difference between the technologically advanced countries and Africa, with the former leading the latter with a wide gap.
He also made reference to McKinsey’s Future of work skills report, released last year, in which cognitive, interpersonal, self-leadership, and digital skills were identified as four categories of high-demand skills in the world of work across sectors of the economy.