PHOTO OF THE DAY: Could This Be The Solution To Exam Cheating?
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February 5, 2014
Beyond The Hype, 11 Signs That Technology Is A Key Part Of Education
The current trend of education technology is nothing to sneeze at. There are iPads and Android devices popping up in classrooms around the world. From BYOD to 1:1 to flipped classrooms, there are a lot of trends that leveraging the power of technology in education. Aside from these few popular trends, there are other
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Education vs Marriage – It shouldn’t be a choice: Disturbing Facts & Consequences of Child Marriage
Harriet Chanza of the World Health Organization said that in many cases some parents may actually want their daughters to get pregnant at a young age. A girl is often married soon after she is found to be pregnant, deferring the cost of caring for her and her baby from her parents to her husband.
After 110 days of strike, Poly teachers vow to continue shunning lecture theatres
After 110 days of strike, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has said that polytechnic lecturers will not return to their classrooms until the union’s demands are met by the Federal Government. ASUP made this declaration yesterday after a National Executive Council meeting of the union in Abuja. In an interview with Newsmen after
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Do people forget you if you’re PRETTY? Ugly faces are more memorable, scientists claim
The old maxim of never forgetting a pretty face might be untrue as psychologists believe beautiful people are less likely to be recognised. A new study suggests that attractiveness can actually prevent the recognition of faces, unless a pretty face is particularly distinctive. German psychologists think the recognition of pretty faces is distorted by
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Revising for an exam? DON’T use a laptop: Taking notes with pen and paper boosts memory and our ability to understand
For many people, taking notes on a laptop is faster and more legible than scribbling furiously with a pen. But U.S. scientists have found the modern method could be harmful to academic performance as laptops encourage ‘mindless transcription’. They found that students putting pen to paper displayed a better grasp of concepts that they
Way To Go! UBA Foundation mentors students on reading
UBA Foundation has spurred education career of Nigerian youths as it organised a mentoring and reading session with the students of the Sacred Heart Girls International School – Marian Calabar. Speaking during the mentoring session, UBA Regional Bank Head, Cross River Bank, Uduak Afangide who led the UBA delegation, said that the bank has come
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WAEC tackles failures among secondary school students, trains teachers nationwide
Bothered by the yearly failures of secondary school students in their Senior School Certificate Examinations, SSCE, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has swung into action to tackle the downward trends by organising national trainings for secondary school teachers, beginning with Lagos State. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a three-day teachers’ training, Head
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OSUN SCHOOL CRISIS: Defiant Students Dress Up As Masquerades, Disrupt Academic Activities For Hours
For two days running, tension continues to mount in Iwo, Osun state as situation at Baptist High School, Iwo yesterday took a new dimension when some students of the school mobilized masquerades to the school. The students of the school, it was gathered also appeared in masquerade attire and prevented academic activities in the school