Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Miss Precious Osemwonta, from Nawarudeen Primary School, Obafemi Owode, Ogun State has been evicted from the ongoing 2022 Teachers Reality Show.
The Reality TV Show is organised by the ANUB Media Ltd.
Meanwhile, the contestants have called continuous quality and accessible education for all Nigerians.
Mr Wua Nsughve, one of the participating teachers from St. James African Church Primary School, Akinola Obafemi Owode, called on the government to focus on rural schools to motivate the teachers.
“The work of a teacher to the growth of a nation and community cannot be overemphasized. Over the years, there has been the general notion even among teachers that they are not regarded in the society.
“Teachers tend to be treated as though not really matter in the society as much as there’s a whole lot of people out there who come with testimonies of how their lives are transformed by virtue of the quality of work in the course of teaching them.
“So the teachers reality TV show is a platform opened to any teacher by virtue of his location the opportunity to be showcased,” he said.
“So, I think government should prioritise the role of teachers because the teachers in a local community tends to automatically become one of the leaders of the entire community.
“They tend to become the only source of valid information that the community has access to, become the only light for the children.
“If the status of teachers are upgraded, naturally there will be motivation for others out there. When you go to classes, you find it easy for students to say I want to become a doctor when I grow up, I want to become a pilot.
”But you have to find ways students will be proud to say they want to become a teacher. Also, teachers in rural communities tend to be neglected.
”These communities tend to be absolutely out of reach of basic amenities. Government need to focus more on upgrading the status of rural teachers,” he added
Nsughve, however, said the show had developed the mental and emotional capacity of the teachers as task in the area of transfer of knowledge and puzzle were given to show how they could cope while embarking on their role as teachers.
The evicted teacher, Miss Osemwonta commended the organisers for the Show.
The Managing Director, ANUB Media Ltd., Mr Enuagwuna Ubaka, who is also the Convener of the TV show said the aim of the programme was to improve the teachers’ value in the society
Ubaka, who said the theme of the third edition of the reality show tagged: ‘ The Smart Teacher’, was to change the impression some people had saying teaching profession was the poorest vocation.
According to him, the show is developed to positively showcase teachers and promote the worth of the profession in Nigeria.
”First of all, the theme for this season’s is a smart teacher. So that means for you to come into the show, you must be a smart teacher, a teacher that should be able to think.
”A teacher that is able to create something out of nothing, a teacher that is able to work under pressure and a teacher that’s all encompassing.
”You know, what a lot of teachers focus on is just to go into the classroom, deliver their lesson and the other thing is not a concern to them. So to get a versatile teacher, it shows that that teacher knows a bit of almost everything.
”So those are the kind of teachers that we were looking for, before they got into the house, there were a lot of tasks we gave to them. So you have to be a smart teacher to participate in the show,” he said.
He said that the programme started from 2019 and could not hold in 2020, because of COVID19 pandemic, but resumed the second season in 2021adding that it had made huge impact in the lives of teachers.
He, therefore, said that the show had large viewership as it is shown on the National Television Authority (NTA), and social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
He commended the Federal Ministry of Education, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and the Institute of Educational practitioners in UK for their partnership to make the show a success, as well as its sponsors.
