About US
ABOUT
DESTINY SCHOOLS
PREAMBLE:
(i) When anyone’s
goal becomes a lack, all his senses will come alive, all his energies will be
released.
(ii) There is nothing
mystical about excellence; it is a product of one’s tireless commitment to
improvement.
(iii) One cannot be
committed to a course and not being creative in his approach and one cannot be
productive and not being successful and as one grows his success, he become
impactful.
(iv) Every one task
in life is a product of his thought.
(v) For as a man thinks
in his heart, so is he Prov. 23:7.
(vi) Only those who
think possibilities dare the impossible and deliver the unthinkable.
(vii) Without vision,
people are made naked. This implies that the vision is the custodian of color
and beauty of “DESTINY†This is what gives birth to the name “Destiny Schoolsâ€.
BRIEF
HISTORY OF DESTINY SCHOOLS
Destiny Schools was
established by Mr. Otaigbe Augustine on 4th August, 2013. The
premises of the building were rented for N220,
000 for one year. The school was officially opened for operation on 2nd
Sept. 2013. There was only one old mud building with four rooms, the rooms
where demarcated for classrooms having three and four, these where the classes
we started with and total population of pupils was eighteen.
OUR
VISION
To be leading world
class institution committed to raising a new generation of leaders in all
fields of human endeavors.
MISSION
STATEMENT
To create knowledge
and restore the dignity of the black man via human development and total man
concept driven curriculum, empowering innovative teaching and learning methods,
life transforming education, relevant to the context of science, technology and
human capacity building.
OUR
MANDATE
i. Raising a new
generation of leaders through a qualitative and life applicable training system
that focuses on value and skill development.
ii. Raising a new
generation of leaders who shall redeem the battered education image of the
black race and restore her lost glory as this army of reformers begin to
re-build the old waste, repair the wasted cities and raise the desolation of
many generations.
OUR
FOUNDING PHILOSOPHY
i. A departure from
“knowledge to empowermentâ€.
ii. A departure from
“figures to future buildingâ€
iii. A departure from
“legalism to realismâ€.
iv. A departure from
“points to factsâ€.
v. A departure from
“mathematics to life matricsâ€.
OUR
CORE VALUES
i. Academic
excellence on every child
ii. Spirituality
iii. Possibility
mentality
iv. Capacity building
driven
v. Responsibility
mentality
vi. Diligence
vii. Sacrifice mentality
viii. Mentoring a
child.
ACADEMIC PLANNING
The academic planning unit is an
integral arm of the office of the Director and its activities are overseen by a
principal, who reports directly to the director; the unit is presently headed
by Mr. Ikpahwore Paul Akpomuvie, the Examination Officer of the school. Other
members of the unit include; H.O.D – Language, H.O.D – Humanity, H.O.D –
Science and H.O.D – Voc and Technology.
The focus of this institution is to
produce men and women who will change their generations through unparalleled
ingenuity, credibility and purposeful living and great capacity to face and
manage challenges.
An excerpt from the profounding
philosophy of Destiny School as created by Mr. Otaigbe, may suffice to catch a
glimpse of the envisioned revolutionary assignment that lies ahead of Destiny
School is poised to be;
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A departure from idleness to skill
acquisition
v
A departure from cheating to self
confidence
v
A departure from legalism to realism
v
A departure from follower to leadership
v
A departure from impossibility to
possibility
v
A departure from low esteem to genius
The
members of this committee worked out the academic calendar of the school, based
on the ministry calendar of the state; strict compliance are taken to ensure
that the calendar meet the academic need of the pupils and students. Teachers
are weekly examined for compliance and to ensure that three aspect of the
cognitive domain are taught.