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1924–2019 Nigeria
Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) was a Nigerian educator. From 1963 to 1977 she was Principal of Queen's College, Lagos, the first person of Nigerian descent to hold the position.
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I am not really sure about the word decline, because there are areas in which education has improved.
Most reprehensible is parental neglect, self-centered parents being interested only in freedom to enjoy themselves.
Desirest thou the teacher's work? Ask wisdom from above. It is a work of toil and care Of patience and of love.
I condemn society's charge of delinquency against them as gross injustice. Nigerian youths are what adults have made them.
Your pupils appreciate you, not when you are training and correcting them, but when they are older and understand better. They will then know that you were acting in their best interest.
I have been told that I have nothing to do with the celebration except to be present. My girls have taken me over.
I have always wanted to be a teacher. I was not interested in money or cars. I was only interested in teaching and training the young ones.
I am sorry for those who take up teaching as a stopgap. Whoever wants to be a teacher must be ready to put everything into it. And the rewards are plentiful, in heaven and also here on earth.
As a teacher, I worked tirelessly, ready, besides my normal class, to give extra lessons, help small groups and even individuals. I loved teaching so much I wished I didn't have to be paid for it. It was a living as well as a love.
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