Franca Nkwoji (nee Uyigue) was a National Basketball Player who started her basketball career in her Secondary School days. She represented Emotan College in the old All Secondary School games.
She was drafted into the Edo State Basketball Female Team (Bini Queens). She later moved to Lagos for her educational pursuit in Human Kinetics in which she got her first degree from the University of Lagos Akoka. She was also drafted into First Bank Basketball Team (The Elephant Girls) when she was in Unilag and she captained the team till she resigned in 2002 to further her studies in Guidance and Counselling from the University of Jos where she obtained a Masters in Guidance and Counselling (M.ED).
She was also the captain of the Nigerian female basketball team to China (Beijing 2001) in the World University Games (FISU) in 2001. She resigned from active basketball immediately after her Youth Service to pursue her career in Education.
She attended some courses in the United Kingdom on how to work with Special Education Needs Children such as Positive behaviour support: progress without punishments on disruptive behavior, Teaching troubled children: evidence-based practice, Understanding and supporting pupils with dyspraxia and sensory-integration dysfunction, Technology making links between home and school, The inclusion confusion, Words don’t always count; how body language can be effectively used to manage behaviour in the classroom, Complex needs: what does it mean in terms of children with SEN, Transform your SEN- give the department an overhaul, Developing the use of P scales in mainstream schools, Loss and Separation, Improving the Attention and Concentration of Children through Sensory Regulation, How to Raise the Achievement of Pupils with diverse Learning Needs, Facilitating Children with Autism to Successfully Access the School Day, Behind the Tears, Differentiation, Personalised Learning and Quality Teaching, Leading on the Inclusion Development Programme and Behaviour support Database: a Behaviour Analysis Tool.
Franca Nkwoji is a seasoned Guidance Counsellor and has worked in this capacity for so many years formally and informally before joining Grange School as the Guidance Counsellor and a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT). She later moved to Lekki British International High School as the School Counsellor and was appointed the Vice Principal before resigning to spread her passion to as many school as possible.
Franca Nkwoji is the Chief Executive Officer of Frandach Consulting Limited, a leading Educational Consulting Firm and a practicing Counsellor in Nigeria.