Basic Mathematics

More than 6 years experience

I ensure that students have a strong foundation in Basic Mathematics which they can further build on. I have taught it for 8 years as a home tutor and for 2 years as a classroom teacher. I have prepared quite a number of year 5 and 6 pupils(individually and in groups) for the National Common Entrance and Entrance examinations into various private secondary schools with remarkable results. Most of these pupils either hated math or believed it was difficult or impossible for them to excel at it. But by sheer encouragement/mindset reprogramming, persistence, tackling of foundational issues(where applicable), teaching of basic math principles/formulae and constantly challenging these kids, they were able to overcome their self-doubt and gradually became excellent at it. I emphasize reasoning skills and apply basic math to real-life situations.I also employ e-learning to enable the child gain mastery via audio-visuals and activity-based fun learning.

For kids who already excel at math or who are average at it, I challenge them by a grade level higher especially in reasoning skills and areas applicable to real-life situations.

I teach ahead of the topic being taught in school(using the school's scheme of work) so that the child is exposed to the topic and conversant with it before it's introduced in school. I also like to make use of worksheets, so the availability of a functional printer would be helpful.

Marachi also teaches:

Levels taught: Primary and Jss

Teaching Curriculum: Nigerian, British

The British Curriculum emphasizes acquisition of reasoning and problem-solving skills and presents a real-life applicable approach to learning such that the learner can apply anything taught to every day situations and issues rather than just theoretical knowledge acquisition.

Lessons hold at your home

When you book lessons, Marachi will usually travel anywhere at most 5km (~ 30mins drive ) from Akoka to deliver lessons.