Members of the Platform of Educators and Private School Owners (PEPSO), have stressed the need for concerted efforts in bridging gaps to assist professionals in the educational sector achieve their goals and visions.

National President, PEPSO Comfort Otegbeye, in an interview with The Guardian observed school owners and teachers face challenges that needed to be tackled.

With theme, ‘Strategic meeting and stakeholders engagement,” Otegbeye, who is also the Proprietress of El-Bethel Schools, noted PEPSO was determined to bridge these gaps through engagements with relevant stakeholders, including agencies and the association’s members.

She added PEPSO had various mix of members, categorised into school owners, teachers, professional tutors, consultants and corporate, that would help meet their needs.

To her, “aside from the camaraderie, the association will also be a force for our members; we have to stand for them, fight for their cause. Our learners also stand to benefit because of various programmes we have for them. We’re going to have a boot camp for students; we’re going to have functional education, which involves vocational and creative.”

Earlier, Otegbeye urged participants to guard against factors that could adversely the association.

She identified the factors as, ineffective communication and engagement; resistance to change and innovation; lack of diversity and inclusivity and failure to deliver value to members.

On his part, President PEPSO Lagos, Mufutau Lawal said the association would intervene in most of the challenges stakeholders experience through positive engagements .

He noted private schools in the state were plagued with many challenges including too many regulators, multiple taxations and various levies introduced that affect their operations.

Lawal, who is also the Proprietor, Tendertouch Intellectuals Schools, disclosed the association had already initiated engagement with relevant agencies that would help ameliorate the challenges of school owners.

He noted, “we’re trying to see how technology can be deployed to schools, in terms of training teachers on the use of modern technology to aid in teaching. We’re setting up a centre among our schools, in each of the local government areas, where there will be facilities to be used in the training of teachers so they can implement them in their classrooms.”

Speaking in a similar vein, a member of the Board of Trustees and Proprietress of The Foresight International School, Ajoke Adeyemi, urged proprietors to freely to join many associations as they wished.

Adeyemi, said PEPSO was unique because it prioritised the needs and development of other school stakeholders, particularly teachers and students.

In his remarks, District Head, Apapa Town Planning Office Muyideen Dorego, urged proprietors to ensure that their school buildings had the proper permit to avoid issues with the state government.

Members of the Platform of Educators and Private School Owners (PEPSO), have stressed the need for concerted efforts in bridging gaps to assist professionals in the educational sector achieve their goals and visions.

National President, PEPSO Comfort Otegbeye, in an interview with The Guardian observed school owners and teachers face challenges that needed to be tackled.

With theme, ‘Strategic meeting and stakeholders engagement,” Otegbeye, who is also the Proprietress of El-Bethel Schools, noted PEPSO was determined to bridge these gaps through engagements with relevant stakeholders, including agencies and the association’s members.

She added PEPSO had various mix of members, categorised into school owners, teachers, professional tutors, consultants and corporate, that would help meet their needs.

To her, “aside from the camaraderie, the association will also be a force for our members; we have to stand for them, fight for their cause. Our learners also stand to benefit because of various programmes we have for them. We’re going to have a boot camp for students; we’re going to have functional education, which involves vocational and creative.”

Earlier, Otegbeye urged participants to guard against factors that could adversely the association.

She identified the factors as, ineffective communication and engagement; resistance to change and innovation; lack of diversity and inclusivity and failure to deliver value to members.

On his part, President PEPSO Lagos, Mufutau Lawal said the association would intervene in most of the challenges stakeholders experience through positive engagements .

He noted private schools in the state were plagued with many challenges including too many regulators, multiple taxations and various levies introduced that affect their operations.

Lawal, who is also the Proprietor, Tendertouch Intellectuals Schools, disclosed the association had already initiated engagement with relevant agencies that would help ameliorate the challenges of school owners.

He noted, “we’re trying to see how technology can be deployed to schools, in terms of training teachers on the use of modern technology to aid in teaching. We’re setting up a centre among our schools, in each of the local government areas, where there will be facilities to be used in the training of teachers so they can implement them in their classrooms.”

Speaking in a similar vein, a member of the Board of Trustees and Proprietress of The Foresight International School, Ajoke Adeyemi, urged proprietors to freely to join many associations as they wished.

Adeyemi, said PEPSO was unique because it prioritised the needs and development of other school stakeholders, particularly teachers and students.

In his remarks, District Head, Apapa Town Planning Office Muyideen Dorego, urged proprietors to ensure that their school buildings had the proper permit to avoid issues with the state government.