By Ifeanyi Omenogor
OGWASHI-UKU/Nigeria: The Principal of the Institute of Continuing Education at Ogwashi-Uku, Mrs Edith Okonkwo, has underscored the importance of sports in the school system.
She stated this during the 6th Inter House Sports Competition of the school at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State.
Mrs Okonkwo said sports promotes and enhances mental alertness and the wellbeing of students.
She said sports promotes the three domains of learning, which according to her, included cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning skills, especially the psychomotor skills which focuses on the development of physical fitness, dexterity, agility and body control to achieve a high level expertise.
She called on teachers and students to ensure they took sporting programmes seriously to promote a healthy learning environment.
The principal lauded the Parents/Teachers Association (PTA) of the school for its numerous contributions to the development of the school, adding that the PTA renovated the toilets in the school and had annually built chairs and tables for students.
She equally commended the sports planning committee, headed by Mrs Esther Esuzor for the committee’s great effort to ensure the success of the competition.
Mrs Okonkwo said the school was bedeviled with obvious infrastructural needs which calls for urgent attention by the state government, PTA and other well to do individuals, pleading that the block of buildings housing the offices and staff room be renovated and a library be established to promote reading culture and learning in the school.
Pastor Anthony Ashibogwu, Chairman at the occasion, the PTA Chairman, Reverend Fidelis Udegbue and others, who spoke to newsmen during the event, lauded the school management and the teachers for effective performance, saying that the teachers were disciplinarians and corruption free.
They appealed to the state government to renovate the school and reposition it for conducive teaching and learning.
