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Author name: Oluwayemi Alabi

As an educationist and ICT enthusiast, I deliver concise and incisive classwork notes with the motive to enhance learning and mitigate the ropy standard of education in Nigeria. Need to get in touch? Email: pass@passnownow.com Call/Whatsapp: 07060545017

Could the ‘eye training’ app really let you throw away your reading glasses?

  A new app that claims to be able to improve people’s eyesight by ‘training’ them with a series of exercises has become a hit. Called GlassesOff, it uses a series of patterns to create 15 minutes exercises for users. If done three times a week, its makers say it could mean they no longer […]

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YouTube for KIDS: Site rumoured to be working on a child-friendly version of its video sharing service

Almost two thirds of nine to 11-year-olds have mobiles now and limiting what content they see can be tricky. With this in mind, YouTube is rumoured to be working on a child-friendly version of its video site aimed specifically at children aged 10 and under. ‘Multiple sources’ told The Information the site would only show

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The Need For Technology in Nigeria’s Education

Mr Gossy Ukanwoke, Founder, Beni American University and Student Circle, on Tuesday in Abuja said only the use of technology could successfully drive the intervention in Nigeria’s education problems. Ukanwoke stated this in his presentation titled “The Possibilities Provided by Technology in The Education Landscape: Change, Transformation and Structure” at the ongoing Nigerian Economic Summit.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Why Poverty Can’t Entirely Be Blamed For A Student’s Inability To Learn

  The notion that poverty is to be blamed for poor children’s inability to learn is not entirely true. I once used to read under electric pole’s light and lamp tèt gridap. However, because I was able to overcome such difficult circumstances doesn’t mean others weren’t affected by them. But poverty alone cannot deter a

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INSECURITY: More 85 Secondary Schools Closed in Borno Over Fears of Boko Haram

The government of Borno State has shut down 85 Government Secondary Schools due to fears of new attacks by the Boko Haram group in the area. This has been confirmed by Governor Kashim Shettima on March 17, 2014, Monday, during his interview on BBC Hausa. The governor said this step was necessary to protect the

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Schoolboy, 14, suspended from class for organising mass walkout over a LACK of homework

A schoolboy has been excluded from lessons after he organised a mass protest over a lack of homework. Aaron Parfitt, 14, led 100 of his fellow pupils on a walkout at Bispham High School in Blackpool last Wednesday over concerns about teaching standards. Despite his eagerness to learn, Aaron was told he was banned from

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FG/ASUU Agreement : Federal University of Technology Minna Gets N5.4 bn-VC

The vice chancellor of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Prof. Musbau Adewumi Akanji has revealed that the institution has been allocated N5.4 billion as part of the N200 billion funds agreed between federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for the development of universities. Prof. Akanji disclosed this while receiving members of

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