For those raised in the information age, life without the internet is no life at all. It is often a primary focus of a teen’s day (75% of teens are online several times per day) and an important means by which they communicate with the world and take in new information. While information can be
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Across Africa, students arrive on campuses full of hope that a university degree will improve their lives. The reality is far less certain. In 2014, a British Council study estimated Nigeria’s graduate unemployment at 23.1%. In Kenya, it takes an average of five years for a graduate to find a job. Yet business leaders frequently say there are
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Over the past few decades most advanced countries have witnessed two striking reversals of the gender gap. First, teaching has become a profession dominated by women. This is particularly true at primary school level, where 84.5% of teachers across all countries classified as “developed” by UNESCO are women. The second reversal has been among pupils. Girls now outperform boys
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It has given a voice to a generation, and helped unite people and communities far and wide. But social media is not always used as a force for good. In recent years, the misuse of social media has resulted in children and young people becoming both the perpetrators and victims of crime. As can been
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Gamifying or gamification is just a supposedly new twist on something that teachers have been using since the stone ages. It is not only the use of games to supplement teaching, but rather the use of what makes games engaging and motivating in the classroom. Think of gamifying a lesson or a unit as a
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Our friend Marie’s daughter Emily just entered kindergarten. Emily went to preschool, where the curriculum revolved around things like petting rabbits and making art out of macaroni noodles. Emily isn’t all that interested in learning how to read, but she loves to dance and sing and can play with Barbies for hours. Emily’s older sister,
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It is ironic that parents are quick to fault their kids for spending so much time on phones whereas this was a trait copied and learned from them. This present generation of adults, are from a phone addiction culture and kids mimic what they see, so while most parents think it’s wise to set rules
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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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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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This past Christmas weekend, I was at my Uncle’s house honouring his family’s invitation to spend the moment with them. My God; was it boring! Shhhh… Anyway, my Uncle and his wife have four children, beloved cousins of mine two of whom are teenagers. Now here is the thing- one thing is peculiar to them
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