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Residents of Makoko-Iwaya Community have appealed to the Lagos state government to revoke its order and allow the Makoko floating school, a three-storey wooden structure commence academic activities, Vanguard reports. This came as the floating school received nomination for the Designs of the Year 2014 award, an award which is overseen by London’s Design Museum.

After the killing of over 40 students at the Federal Government College Buni Yadi, Yobe State and before the closure of that school and four others by the federal government, LEADERSHIP Weekend went round to check the level of security at these schools and others. Although the Federal Government has shut its unity schools across

A round-up of the best tweets of the week from our interview on twitter that had Dupe Killa (@dupekilla) – discuss extensively on Nigerian Education and the way forward.  

(By Morgan Levy) If walking into high school somebody told me that I would willingly join a competitive public speaking team, loving it so much that I would eventually become President, I would reply that the chances of that happening are lower than those of Miley Cyrus becoming President. At the time, I feared public

One of the most famous quotes of the revered Nelson Mandela is about education: Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Here are a few other Mandela quotes about the importance of education: The power of education extends beyond the development of skills we need for economic success.

When Emily Watson and Julianne Goldmark were eighth graders (secondary school students) making homemade hair ties from fabric in California, it was a fun, inexpensive way to recreate the elaborate headbeads worn by Manhattan’s social elite from their favourite TV show, “Gossip Girl.” Little did they know that celebs like Jennifer Aniston would one day

  There are all sorts of rumours surrounding brown eggs and white eggs. Some people say that brown eggs are better for you and contain more nutrients; some people think brown eggs taste better; some think that brown eggs are better for cooking things like quiches, while white eggs are better for baking cakes (or

The education sector is rapidly changing and adapting to new technologies. Modern days have made educators go above and beyond with their teaching skills and learn to use new tools to innovate their style and create a better learning environment for students. The reasons for this statistics are various, but one thing we know for