Some Of The Challenges Facing Rural Teachers
Working in the rural area can be challenging and teaching children who are foreigners are more tasking and as a teacher who want to achieve his purpose and objective of being a teacher must be get put in more effort to make this a reality. I have been a teacher in my place for the past sixteen years and now I have been posted to a village where the pupils are Beninoise whose parents migrated into Nigeria as farmers. Here are some of the challenges I face as a teacher in the Turks area 1. Language barrier The children can only speak their mother tongue and interacting with them is problematic. I had to take up those who can speak Yoruba language then use them to translate for others. And now I am glad I can see one of the children who can read not only yoruba words but also getting better in pronouncing English words. Though it is a daunting task I had to put up now it is paving way. 2. Power source In the city we have access to electric power sources and somewhere solar and...
