I am sorry for those who take up teaching as a stopgap. Who… - Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker

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I am sorry for those who take up teaching as a stopgap. Whoever wants to be a teacher must be ready to put everything into it. And the rewards are plentiful, in heaven and also here on earth.

Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker

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Iphigenia Efunjoke Coker (1924–2019) was a Nigerian educator. From 1963 to 1977 she was Principal of Queen's College, Lagos, the first person of Nigerian descent to hold the position.

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