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April 28, 2014

Parents lament over N1,500 JAMB results scratch card

  Some parents and guardians in Plateau have described as “very exorbitant’’, the N1, 500 they were being charged by JAMB for scratch card to access the examination result. The parents, who spoke  in Jos, Pakshin and other towns of Plateau accused the examination body of extorting money from students and parents with all manners […]

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JUST IN: Police Use Tear-Gas On Protesting Students, Lecturers In Abuja (Photos)

The Nigerian police today fired tear gas canisters at protesting polytechnic lecturers who are engaging in a peaceful protest to force the Nigerian government to have dialogue with the lecturers relating to their demands. The lecturers and a few poly students gathered at the federal Secretariat in Abuja for ask for reopening of Nigerian polytechnics

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Facebooking for your education: The 5 Best Educational Technology Facebook Pages You Should Like

  Ah, Facebook. Remember it? Didn’t it go the way of mySpace, Friendster and Bebo? Isn’t it so, like, last decade? Well, not quite. It might not be the hip place to be anymore and it’s remarkable growth has certainly slowed, but it’s still the behemoth of social media and almost half the people you

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This Teen Girl Is The World Champ Of An Exercise That Makes Us Cringe In Pain

  Some people break world records and others shatter them. Gabi Ury falls into the latter category after her recent attempt to take the Guinness World Record for the Longest Time in an Abdominal Plank Position by a female. On the Saturday after her 16th birthday, Ury held a plank position while resting on her

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Cool Tips for Teachers, Parents: How to make learning irresistible

Failure is a positive act of creativity. Scientists, artists, engineers, and even entrepreneurs know this as adults. But in schools, the notion of failure is complicated. Any practice – athletic, artistic, even social – involves repeatedly failing till one gets the experience or activity right. We need to “keep the challenge constant so players are

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