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Borno state has ordered all of its schools to be shut to protect children after Islamists killed dozens of pupils in an attack last month, an official from the state Education Ministry and several parents said on Friday. Security officials said the militant Boko Haram group had shot or burned to death at least 29 […]
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A teen has died after he was fatally shot in the head and leg by an unknown assailant on Saturday night. Kristjan Ndoj, 15, died on Thursday morning at Bridgeport Hospital, after several days on life support. The shooting happened after Ndoj, a junior student at Shelton High School in Connecticut (USA), is alleged to
A Florida school that has long subjected misbehaving students to corporal punishment recently announced it would be suspending the practice and will likely ban it entirely. According to local reports, officials at Santa Rosa County School District in northwest Florida decided to phase out the practice in order to protect teachers from potential liability issues.
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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
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos yesterday remanded a menial worker, Ikechukwu Egbo, at the Ikoyi Prison over the alleged murder of a 12-year-old girl, Bose Ogoja. The Chief Magistrate, Miss S.O. Solebo, who did not take the plea of the accused, gave the order, pending an advice from the Lagos State
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An 18-year-old girl and mother of one, Kate Ajie, has been arraigned before a Rivers State court over assault and child abuse to her five-year-old daughter, Divine. The 18-year-old mother was said to have seriously beaten her five-year-old daughter to the extent that a concerned neighbour who accused the mother of constant maltreatment had to
As mobile device usage has exploded, some people are questioning the proper use of these devices among children. Most teachers and parents agree that this technology is a valuable tool—but are students too “plugged in”? How much screen time is too much. Devices in Schools Teens acting as early adopters is no different when it
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We all want to be creative. We want to inspire creativity in our students. We want to teach material in creative ways that get students engaged and excited (without reinventing the wheel, of course!). But sometimes, creative just isn’t happening. When you can’t think of anything new, or anything that you deem ‘creative’ or ‘more
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The officials of the Nigeria Peace Corps apprehended thirty five secondary school students in the capital city of Osun state, Osogbo, for alleged involvement in cult related activities. According to report, the suspects were between 13 and 16 years of age. Various weapons including charms, catapults, broken bottles and Indian hemp weighing 25 kg were
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Heightened tension in the University of Maiduguri over rumours of impending attack on the institution by Boko Haram terrorists over the weekend forced hundreds of students to flee the campus to safe zones in the town. The second generation varsity has been battling to manage similar rumours in the past months, as students continually
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