DEILAH Fito’o Omani had made it her mission to become a certified secondary school teacher in the future. The inspiration stemmed from her when she left high school and got pregnant at a very young age.
The young mother of two has recently graduated with a certified Diploma in Teaching Secondary English at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Panatina Campus. This year, she celebrated her academic achievement with her family after two years of academic studies.
“Am one of the many proud mothers today; I believe everything is over after two years of experiencing many challenges as a student and a young mother of two daughters – age 3 and 4 years-old.
“I know that with all these knowledge and teaching skills I gained I will do my best to contribute in teaching and shaping students to be good students academically and to be good citizens for this nation,” Deilah Fito’o told Solomon Women after the official graduation ceremony held at the Maranatha Hall, Honiara.
The path to achieve a career in education was a childhood dream and passion for the 25 year-old from Malaita province. The desire to teach in front of students in the classroom has indeed reminded her to explore more about the pathway to become a teacher.
“I chose this program to study because it has been my dream to be an English teacher. I strongly believe it is not the end of my career in education but I hope to achieve more trainings and studies in the future,” she said.
She is currently a form five teacher in English studies at the Kilusakwalo High School in Auki, Malaita province.
Deilah recalled that she dreamt to become a schoolteacher since childhood.
“My desire is to teach the young generation of future leaders of the country and to create them a strong learning environment that will enhance their academic achievement.
“I believe that it is important to develop students’ social and relationship skills that will last throughout their lives and will make them to become good citizens of Solomon Islands,” she expressed.
Mrs Omani recalled that she left in 2012 and got married, but has continued to pursue her dreams to become a teacher.
“I opted to embark on further studies at SINU because I strongly believed my mission to achieve a career as a school teacher is not yet over.
“Am pretty happy to say that despite I have took an early turn to the road of marriage, I continued to pursue my career dream, because I believe it would immensely benefit my family in the future,” she added.
She further recalled that during her first year of study in 2016 she had no choice but to take her daughters to the Malaita province to be kept by her parents.
“The reason is because my husband was busy with his job and as for me to concentrate well in my studies. To be honest this was not easy at all to leave two little daughters behind and to spend the rest of the whole year without them except for the holidays.
“As a mother I struggled very much with my studies. All I wanted was for the wellbeing of my children and to achieve high in my career. It’s sometimes quite uncomfortable to be away from your children and not knowing what might happen to them without your supervision or guidance.
“But despite my sense of isolation, am very much thankful to my beloved parents for taking up the responsibility, commitment and confidence of looking after my children,” she emotionally told Solomon Women.
Teaching is the specialized application of knowledge, skills and attributes designed to provide unique service to meet the educational needs of the individual and of the society. The choice of learning activities whereby the goals of education are realized in the school is the responsibility of the teaching profession.
Meanwhile, she encouraged young mothers with similar experience to take on their challenges and to face the realty of achieving their future aims and objectives.
“Do not make assumptions or let doubts overshadow your dreams and ambitions but make progress to achieve your future goals,” he said.
