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How can Teachers Build Solid Relationships with their Students?

It is very important for teachers to have positive and solid relationships with their students because that is one of the surest ways to ensure that the actual teaching and learning process really takes place. Observe a teacher who is beloved by his/her students and you will see how well the students will perform in […]

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Understanding Body Image and Appearance in Teens: What Parents and Teachers can do to Help Teens Build Positive Self Image

Do you find it funny how difficult it usually is to persuade toddlers to take a shower only for them to grow into teenagehood and become all too particular about their looks? This is perhaps common to the girls who do not only spend excessive amount of time dressing up and then rush every mirror

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Practical Education: Here are a few things Schools should encourage Students to do

School typically make provisions for extra curricular activities. And inasmuch as said provisions are good (talk about debates, quiz and excursions), there is still need to incorporate a whole lot of other things into the mix. That is why I have come up with a few suggestions as you shall see below. Interestingly, these suggestions

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Apply for the Cowbellpedia 2017 Competition

Promasidor Nigeria Limited, the organizer of the annual Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz show has commenced the search for Math geniuses who will compete in the 2017 edition of the show. The Managing Director of Promasidor, Mr. Olivier Thiry made this known to the public at a press briefing in Lagos. He explained that

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Opinion: Beyond passing Exams, Education should teach Students the necessary Skills for effective Corporate Engagements

Recently, I read the very interesting article by Harvard Business School’s Professor, Clay Christensen in the January Edition of Harvard Business Review. It is a masterpiece on innovation in Africa and a must-read for anyone who is doing business on the continent. The lessons were particularly profound for me, especially as a Nigerian who truly

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Opinion: Should Children be prohibited from speaking their Native Languages?

This is probably a rather controversial topic considering the arguments for and against the decision to prohibit kids from speaking vernacular in schools and sometimes even at home. Regardless of the controversy, multiple award-winning Nigerian novelist, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani penned an interesting essay discussing the experiences she had  growing up when her parents banned her

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Amazing Brain Facts every Teen should know

The brain is probably the most essential part of the human body, especially considering how it is responsible for the coordination of activities in the body; including the ability to think, feel, move and express, etc. In other words, the brain controls both our voluntary and involuntary actions including respiration, an activity that is undeniably

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The Future of Education is Interesting- TED-Ed Innovative Educators

We always wonder what the future hold in store for us. You might have even wondered at some point what your life will be like in the next twenty years. But have you ever wondered what the education system will be like in 2050? Well, the Ted-Ed Team did the honours of asking a few

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Need to checkmate the Alarming Rate of Students’ Abductions in Nigeria

On Friday January 13th 2017, life was normal at Tulip International College which is located at Isheri on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Well that was until about 9:30 PM when some criminals dug their way into the school premises through the fence and kidnapped five students and three school teachers, including two Turkish nationals. This incident

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Two Students of the Ambassadors College emerge Winners of the Cowbellpedia Math Quiz!

Two Students of the Ambassadors College, Ota in Ogun State of Nigeria has emerged winners of the 2016 edition of the Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show. The Students are Juliet Ekoko and Ayooluwa Oguntade and they won in both the junior and senior categories respectively. Oguntade who is currently the Head Boy of his school

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