Head Teacher 2015 Award Nomination

1. School Name: Tobby Vision Computers

2. Nominated Head Teacher’s Name: Mbaya Vera Titu

3. Head Teacher Nominated by: Cornelius Tfurndabi Tawong (Founder/Managing Director)

Miss Vera

 Miss Vera studied at Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon, GBHS Bamenda, ENS Annex Bambili & Telebusiness Consulting College Bamenda. She holds a DIPES I, BA in English Modern Letters & a diploma in Computer Studies. She taught English to French speakers in Congo Brazzaville. She co-founded a computer service business with Prof.  Anthony Ndi where she served as manager. Founded alone a successful computer shop in Bamenda city where she is presently manager & head teacher at Tobby Vision Computers. When she heard about the school Enterprise Challenge, she was super excited and took it to discuss it with Prof. Ndi who is currently working with her to incorporate entrepreneurship lessons into our curricula. She gave us the needed computer skills to take part in the competition, is selling our computer manuals in the city, spreading news of the competition there & encouraged her colleague and us to participate in the competition. She is a great teacher, providing bilingual skills support, and advice at Tobby Vision Computers.

Miss Vera

Teacher’s quote: “Miss Vera Mbaya Titu, the lady who put so much Computer skills into our beings and inspired us to higher levels to loving hands on experience learning. She and our director took time and sacrificed material resources downloading all the guides when we completely understood the School Enterprise Challenge Competition. She at times used her private money to load the school modem or sometimes printed the guides for us from her pocket money. At the Youth Employment Service Entrepreneurship Workshop where our school was invited, she was of great help explaining in French to francophones the School Enterprise Challenge Competition”.

Student’s quote: “Miss Vera Mbaya Titu alias ‘Mme union faire la force’ has been very supportive, caring and patient from the beginning. She made sure everyone in our team understood what importance the school business will have in our future lives. She stressed on team work explaining that team means together everyone achieves more and advised us not to carry the self-centred examination practices from our schools into professional lives as that will harm our output in the professional world in future. She told us competing as a team in the School Enterprise Challenge was a great preparation for a future team spirit given to us.”

 Miss Vera Mbaya Titu worked very hard to promote the sale of Practical Computer Education textbook through her shop in the city and to her friends. She also initiated the idea of taking it to Prof. Anthony Ndi to see with him how it can be incorporated into our curriculum. She has spread word of the school enterprise challenge to Bamenda city where she doubles as manager of Princedale Pekumpte Nkwate (PPN) Computer systems and used her experience teaching French to francophones to explain the school enterprise challenge to francophones in her community.

The Annual Conference will be an opportunity for me learn on behalf of Tobby Vision Computers other experiences and understand the more what the school business model is about and what the best ways to integrate it to the curriculum which I am currently working on with Prof. Anthony Ndi and the director. I hope we can learn universal competences like savoir faire, project management, new media, multilingualism, share our experiences with other organizations and network our school with others schools and organizations in a win/win partnership either for transfer of these competences or emulating other best practices.