…strengthens vision to provide inspirational teachers in every classroom
Adipro International Corp (AIC), through its
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm, Evolve works with its distributors
in Nigeria, Pacegate Limited and Pacegate Energy and Resources Limited (PEARL).
Evolve, through its School Connect platform has launched the Inspire program. Inspire
is a 3-day value-based education enrichment program assisting educators to
develop a heart-centred approach to teaching. This will enable teachers take a
holistic approach towards student growth using 21st century styles
of learning such as the Heartfulness Way.
The aim of this program is to create a loving
and compassionate learning environment through the heart-based approach. Teachers and students collaborate in the
Heart-Based
Teaching (HBT) approach to not only achieve the cognitive goals of school and
performance readiness, but also to create a classroom environment conducive to
the development of the social emotional knowledge and skills associated with
personal and career success.
The Inspire program being implemented in
Nigeria commenced with the training of 18 teachers from these 6 schools (Ilupeju
Junior Grammar School, Ilupeju Senior Grammar School, Ilupeju Junior Secondary
School, Ilupeju Senior Secondary School, Estate Junior Grammar School and
Estate Senior Grammar School) in the Educational District VI within Ilupeju.
The three-day training facilitated by international professionals across the
world. The program covered Facilitation skills, Heartful teacher, Heterogenous
learners, Heart-centred education, curriculum practical workshop, communication
skills, inspired learning, as well as Experiencing Heartfulness and Certificate
Distribution.
“This year, we are introducing the Value-adding
Inspire Program to help these students communicate and understand clearly what
they are being taught in schools. Global Studies have shown that the best way
to make lasting change is through the teachers, we are scaling up gradually.” said Godwin Ejeh, Head of Corporate Social
Responsibility – Pacegate Group, Distributor of Adipro Chemicals in Nigeria.
Sharing
her experience as a participant of the Inspire program, Mrs. Fahm -Bello,
a Teacher at Ilupeju Junior Grammar School said, “the training has
been an eye opener. The highlight for me was the communication skills workshop
which I intend to put into practice with the students. They taught us to teach
from the heart because when
teachers are invested in their pupils, they become invested in themselves, their peers, their teachers,
and their education.”
Globally, the Inspire program has touched the
hearts of over 10,000 teachers, education officers and principals with centres
in over 130 countries serving more than one million people worldwide. By
empowering educators, the program seeks to improve interest at school, stress
management, communication skills and empowerment for Grade 1 to 9 students
through their teachers to enable them become better individuals and add value
to the society.
Evolve remains committed to supporting the
education of the girl-child. In 2020, Evolve donated school supplies to 1,000 girls
in 6 schools within its local community Ilupeju, Lagos State. In 2021, we
donated to 4,200 girls in 21 schools across 4 states; this year we plan to
reach 8,000 girls in 40 schools across 8 states in the country. The vision is
to empower 50,000 girls within 5 years.
