From Maurice Okafor,Enugu.
For Professor Mrs Christiana Okechukwu,A Nigerian American based Professor with passion for naturing women and children into productivity,it is high time to re invent Nigeria style and standard of Education for women and youths so that they can belong to the productive sector of the society, so as to halt the increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria.
Towards this direction,Professor Mrs Okechukwu, who lectured at both Institute of Management and Technology[IMT] Enugu and the former Anambra State University of Science and Technology[ASUTECH] which presently comprises of ESUT, Nnamdi Azikiwe university Awka and Ebonyi state, in what appears as her home coming and giving back to the society where she was tutored, is running a Non governmental Organisation[NGO] known as ‘Inwelle Resources and Study Centre’ in Enugu and Anambra states,and still spreading,while she still have her feet in America.
One of the branches of the Inwelle Resource and Study Centre is established in the serene environment of Amorji Nike, in Enugu East local government area of Enugu state, is replicated in Inyi Enugu Ezike and Ogidi in Anambra state, among others, are designed to mentor women and youths most especially and men too, to acquire skills and fit into the society,without waiting for hardly existing white kollar jobs.
To the effect,Free computer training is offered by the organization to Youths and Women and staff of parastatals, who wish their staff to become computer literate and ICT compliance. The organization is further equipped with all forms of books ,both for the kindergarten,pupils,students and technical, professional text books for students of higher institutions,
Professor Okechukwu disclosed that she initiated the idea of developing a private library section even though it is serving the public currently over a decade ago, while she was on vacation and visited the state and National libraries in the state capital and found out that the dearth of professional journals and text books of varying subjects, whitch hitehrto they have relied on while she was a student of Queens School Enugu. She said since thereafter she has committed thousand of dollars from her meagre salary to re invent a complete library structure within all the already established branches of Inwelle Resource and Study centre and have developed it as a culture, to ship more books each time she is coming for a vacation.
In the vision of the NGO of gingering empowerment initiatives for women and youths, the Inwelle Resource and Study centre has also carved a niche by organising free vocational training for women and youths every long vacation through a programme tagged ;Boot camp’.
During the boot camp under graduates and students from various parts of the country who applied for the camp are taught on how to manufacture different kinds of house ho!d commodites such as detergents Bar Soap making, perfumes etc. In addition to computer training and other forms of skills, that can easily fetch them money while still pursuing their carrier education. (The above pix displays products manufactured by Youths who were inbolved in the 2022 boot camp at Inwelle resource and study centre,Amorji Nike,which ended last Monday).
In view of the deteriorating standard of basic education in Nigeria,Professor Christiana Okechukwu in her commitment to revise the trend, has come up with the initiative of running basic education from the kindergarten level to Senior Secondary school level at Inwelle Resource and Study Centre.
According to her. she want to re event a normal school system whereby Pupils and students are tutored through basic science and practicals,which are seriously on the decline.Towards this direction,Computer lessons and training for all category of pupils and students in the school. The school has also established a standard laboratory and library for students.
Professor Okechukwu said the project is her own contribution in reviving and restoring the falling standard of education in Nigeria,as an educationists who had her early beginning in Nigeria, without profit.
