Teachers in both public primary and secondary schools in Osun state yesterday commenced a three-day warning strike to register their grievances over alleged non-payment of running and examination grants to secondary schools for the past three terms. In a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo by the Principal Secretary, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Osun State
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If you’re genuinely concerned about the declining standard of Education in Nigeria, this is your chance to ameliorate the situation. Over the years, results of various O level (WASSCE, JAMB and NECO) examinations conducted in the country have not brought much happiness for parents, guardians, citizens and students due to the poor performance recorded across
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Mean Deviation This is the average sum of the deviations from the arithmetic mean (i.e. the sum of the differences between the scores and the mean) divided by the total frequency. Example 1 Find the mean deviation in the following test scores, Score (x) Frequency (f) 95 1 85 1 80 1 75 4 70
Introduction Fats and oils are naturally-occurring esters of three long carboxylic acids called fatty acid with a special type of alcohol called glycerol ( propane- 1,2,3-triol). Glycerol has three carbon atoms, each with an –OH group on. These fats and oils belong to a group of compounds called lipids. Fats are solid at room temperature,
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Six teenagers, Kabiru Awolu; 18, Oyerogba Pelumi; 18, Quadri Adegbe; 18, Sunday Oyedele; 19; Moshood Otapo; 19 and Esther Lawal; 19, have been charged before an Ikeja Magistrate Court in Lagos, for belonging to an unlawful society known as “AWAWA”. The teenagers who were charged alongside Okere Toyin; 35 and Olusola Abiodun; 24, are also
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Introduction A machine is essentially a device or tool which allows a force (or effect) applied at one point to overcome a resisting force (or load) at another point. Consider a simple machine such as a screw. We apply a small turning force at the head and the screw is able to move through a
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed plans to extend the online marking of theory papers to more subjects taken in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). At a seminar to interact with examiners on the e-marking scheme last Friday held at WAEC International Office, Agindingbi, Lagos, the council’s Head of National
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Substitution Methods The method of solving “by substitution” works by solving one of the equations (you choose which one) for one of the variables (you choose which one), and then plugging this back into the other equation, “substituting” for the chosen variable and solving for the other. Then you back-solve for the first variable. Solve
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Government Girls’ Secondary School, Abaji has earned the ticket to represent Nigeria at the 2014 African Company of the Year Competition scheduled to take place in Harare, Zimbabwe in December. This was due to their superlative performance which placed them at the number one position at the just concluded 2014 National Junior Achievement Company of
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I’m kind of obsessed with my teeth, and I pride myself in having excellent oral hygiene. I was always into my teeth and loved brushing as a kid, but once my braces came off I vowed to take incredible care of my teeth. And I did. You’d be surprised how many people I know who
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