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THE HOUSE WITH NO STRONG FOUNDATION

Why We Say No to Double Promotion at Dayspring Kiddies School

Get your popcorn ready. This is not the usual school announcement — it's a heart-to-heart. Not a business owner to customer, but a partner to partner in the most important business there is: building a child's future. Walk with me through a story first, then let's talk.

There was once a house in Lagos that everyone admired. A beautiful two-storey building, freshly painted white, with balconies that looked like something out of a magazine. The owner, a businessman from the East, was in a hurry. Land was expensive. Rent was rising. He wanted to start collecting rent before the rainy season came.

So he told his builders to pour the foundation quickly. "Two weeks is enough," he said. "The soil is dry. Our neighbours finished theirs in ten days."

The builders warned him. The architect shook his head. But the owner was paying, and in Nigeria,...READ MORE

Too Brilliant to Wait

THE BOY WHO WAS "TOO BRILLANT TO WAIT"

A story every Nigerian parent needs to read...

Years ago, in a school not too different from many of ours, there was a boy named Chidi. He was sharp — the kind of child who finished his classwork before others started, who corrected his teacher's spelling on the board (gently, of course), who recited his times-table like a song. His parents were proud, and rightly so.

One day, his father walked into the headmaster's office with a request many of us have heard before:

"Please,...READ MORE

EARLY BLOOMERS VERSUS LATE SHINERS

Every Child Has a Season to Shine

In a small classroom in an African commercial city, two little friends, Tarela and Ifeoluwa, sat side by side every day during Numeracy Hour.

Tarela loved numbers the way some children love sweets. By the time she was five, she could count to a hundred, skip-count in twos and fives, and solve simple addition sums almost before her teacher finished writing them on the board. Her classmates called her "Calculator" — READ MORE

THE BOY WHO SCORED 100%... BUT

THE BOY WHO SCORED 100%... BUT COULDN'T ANSWER A SIMPLE QUESTION

A true-to-life lesson for every parent, teacher, and pupil

In a bustling school in the heart of a Nigerian city, there once lived a boy named Jacob. Teachers spoke of him with wonder. Parents at the school gate whispered his name as the standard every child should reach. Jacob never scored below 95%. Not once. Not in Mathematics. Not in English. Not even in Handwriting, a subject where perfection is nearly impossible.

What no one knew was Jacob's secret...READ MORE

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