The 16-year-old Pakistani teen targeted for a Taliban assassination because she championed education for girls has inspired the development of a school curriculum encouraging advocacy. George Washington University announced Monday that faculty members are creating multimedia curriculum tools to accompany a book recently released by the teen, Malala Yousafzai. Several faculty members will pilot the
Lagos State Government has said no underage pupil would henceforth be eligible for admission into any public secondary schools in the state without completing primary six. Meantime, a standing committee to harmonise the school calendar, curriculum and time- table for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (Junior Senior Secondary JSS111) of public and private schools in
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Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju, the Vice Chancellor of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, in this interview with ADEOLA BALOGUN, shares his experiences Why did a young man choose to study History when everyone would like to study Medicine, Law and Engineering? When I was a young man, my parents thought I was going to be an
If it seems like your kids are constantly plugged in, tapping away on their iPhones, obsessively gaming and SnapChatting way more than they’re actually … chat-chatting — well, that’s because they are. It’s estimated that children ages 8 to 18 spend an average of seven hours a day behind screens; teens send an average
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First Bank of Nigeria has donated sport facilities worth N44m to Queens College and Kings College in Lagos. The bank constructed a 450-seater sports pavilion at Queens College and renovated the squash court at Kings College as part of its contribution to sport development and pupils’ well being. First Bank’s spokesperson, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, said
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In Nigeria and most sub-Saharan Africa, while formal employment is still highly prized, government across the sub-region are eyeing the growing culture of entrepreneurship. These small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) dominate the private sector of the Nigerian economy, but often time, these young entrepreneurs complain of lack of access to fund as a major
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Students in secondary schools across the country have since been invited to submit entries in the 2013 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition. The essay competition for secondary students is organised by UBA Foundation; the corporate social responsibility arm of UBA to encourage healthy and intellectual competition among secondary school students in Nigeria. Ijeoma Aso, Managing
On the first day of July this year, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began an indefinite strike that has lasted till date and may run deep into the future. According to the union, the strike followed government’s inability to keep to an October 2009 agreement reached by both parties. The agreement was reached
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A former middle school principal in North Carolina is accused of sexually assaulting a student while the boy’s unsuspecting parent was outside the room. David Ellis Edwards, 49, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree forcible sex offense, sexual acts with a student, taking indecent liberties with a minor and crimes against nature, WTVD reported.
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1. Keep up with your school work. Teachers hate nothing more than having to force students to do their homework and see the kids’ eyes roll (that can sometimes be insulting). If you really want to be a teacher’s favourite, do extra work or put extra effort into all of your work. Who knows, you
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