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  Many Nigerians were yesterday night disappointed after waiting for hours to know the outcome of the marathon meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the federal government over the ongoing strike by the union. Hope beamed at the inception of the meeting with Jonathan’s earlier assertion that, “the […]

We just had to share this inspiring story – the interview was first published by PUNCH and DailyStar We all make mistakes but this story will teach you how to turn around that big mistake and failure into a big testimony! When Aishat Farooq gained admission into the University of Ilorin at 15, to study

  Students under the aegis of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit have ushered in new leaders to direct the affairs of the group.   The newly elected Islam  leaders are – Kaamil Kalejaiye as Amir(President); Saheed Ashafa, Naibul Amir (Vice-President); Tajudeen Balogun, General Secretary; Miftaudeen Abdurrahman,  Asst. Secretary; Idris Qasim,

  After a marathon meeting that lasted for over 13 hours, the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said they would now go and inform their protesting members on the details of the deliberations. The Chairman of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, told newsmen at the early hours of Tuesday that the leaders

Senior Education Specialist, World Bank, Abuja, Dr. Tunde Adekola, has said the World Bank has invested $180m in Science and Technology Education for Post Basic Education projects nationwide. He made this  statement on Sunday during the inauguration of N95m Fibre Optics project at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. He said the bank was satisfied

(By Fred Sitkins) I’ve been attempting to develop “lifelong learners” for longer than I’d like to admit. The concept has always been there, but the reality of developing learners has proven much more difficult than imagined. Throughout my years in education I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to work with a great number of extremely dedicated and

(By Katie Lepi) More and more educators are leveraging technology in their classrooms, which is one aspect of being a 21st century teacher helping their students (and probably themselves, too) to develop 21st century skills.  Finding a combination of the most useful devices, web tools, and apps can be a powerful learning tool for your students. But

Learning technologies change student-teacher interactions in several ways, but there’s one specifically that really stands out and makes the most difference in our classrooms. Technology has an especially strong effect in the 1:1 classroom, since the students are so in touch with their technology. Tony Wagner, the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology &

  PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will meet the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday (today), apparently with a view to resolve the Federal Government-ASUU face-off that has left university gates shut since July 1. But the union said it had got wind of Presidency’s plan to direct that universities be reopened, saying

  While some people might think getting engrossed in a video game is a waste of time, scientists have found they can increase the size of our brains. German researchers found video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills. In