ASNE 2025: Education Stakeholders Push for Data, Inclusion, and Collaboration

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The Annual School Needs Expo (ASNE 2025) in Abuja ended on Thursday with a clear message from educators, policymakers, and private sector leaders: Nigeria’s education system needs a new focus on collaboration, inclusivity, and data-driven reform. The convener of the event, Ms Emem Opashi, said the Expo was designed to bring all stakeholders together to […]

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EDUCATION REFROM: Experts Urge Curriculum Shift to Match Digital Realities

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Education experts, policymakers, and school leaders have called for a shift in traditional education systems to accommodate the realities brought by technology and emerging learning models. They made the call at the Education Stakeholders Exclusive Conference with the theme “Education X: Breaking Conventional Boundaries,” held in Abuja.

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ASNE 2025: Stakeholders Call for Inclusive, Data-Driven Education Reform in Nigeria

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The 2025 Annual School Needs Expo (ASNE 2025) in Abuja gathered education leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to call for an inclusive, data-driven reform agenda that bridges policy promises and classroom realities. The convener, Ms Emem Opashi, said the event, held under the theme “Education X: Breaking Conventional Boundaries”, was created to help stakeholders collaborate across

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HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WAYS TO MAKE YOUR BRANDS MORE AUTHENTIC AND RELATABLE?

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Over the years, we have found that humanizing our businesses helps people to connect better with what we do.This could be either by telling our stories, putting a face to the brand or having diverse products that meet the specific customer segment needs. This year, our 13th Annual School Needs Expo started with an Exclusive,

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I’m dreaming of a ‘Naija Christmas’….. (just like the ones I used to know!)🎶 🎼

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As I prepare to somewhat wind down major activities for the year and activate ‘holiday mode’, I’ve found myself looking back at what Christmas holidays used to look like back then. In the early 80’s while in-between (out of country) postings, going to the ‘village’ was like the greatest adventure and highlights of our lives.

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When I look back, I can see a clear thread in my life’s work: I have always been supporting families from diverse backgrounds.

My first ever post-university role as a teaching assistant in a multicultural international school opened my eyes. What began as simple conversations where parents would stay back a little to talk about academics gradually deepened into discussions about behavior concerns, home dynamics, and sometimes even their marriages. I started to notice a pattern; the classroom often reflects the living room. Behind every child’s performance is a family story.

The idea for this book was planted more than 5 years ago. While hosting one of our large-scale annual events, we were observing a group of dynamic youth making a solid presentation and the question on most people’s lips was ‘what school are they in? Which school are they representing?

Everyone was admiring the results of what we these young students had probably practiced extensively over time.

On the flip side, while serving on the Senior Leadership Team at a high school, we were having a conversation with the principal and other team members, referring to some of the prevalent behaviors seen amongst students such as a reduced regard for school attendance, lack of respect for adults and other stuff. Coincidentally, the principal and I chorused at the same time “well, we created this!” and then burst out laughing!

We Created This is a culmination of those years, the experiences, observations, hard reality-checks, practical tools, and solutions I’ve gathered along the way. “If we helped shape the patterns we see today, then we also have the power to shape better ones.”

This book is designed to be a clarion call to parents, a call that rises above the noise, the distractions, and the ever-changing narratives about what it means to raise a child in today’s world. It is a call to awareness, to intentionality, and to courage.

At a time when systems are stretched, values are shifting, and the pressures on families are real and unrelenting, parenting cannot be passive. This book invites parents, caregivers, and all who play a role in raising the next generation to step fully into that responsibility, not with fear, but with clarity and purpose. It is a reminder that parenting is not just about

meeting needs, but about shaping lives. Not just about hard truths that cannot be ignored, and practical insights meant to guide, not overwhelm you. This is not a book of perfection, but of awareness. Not a set of rigid rules, but a framework for thinking, responding, and engaging more intentionally with the children entrusted to us.

This clarion call is not meant to alarm, but to awaken. To remind us that the environments we create, the values we model, and the conversations we choose to have (or avoid) all contribute to the kind of adults our children will become and, ultimately, the kind of society we are building together. Because behind every system are people. Behind every statistic is a child. And behind every child is a family whose influence matters more than we often realize. May this book meet you where you are, but not leave you there. May it challenge you, equip you, and most importantly, remind you of the profound role you play. The call is clear. The time is now.

There are loads of treasure and nuggets embedded in each chapter, dive in and enjoy.

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