Sokoto Donates 100 Computers To Physically Challenged Students

  The Sokoto State Government on Saturday donated 100 computers to some physically challenged students of the Abdulrasheed Adisa Raji Special School for the Physically-Challenged. The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Yusuf Danchadi, made the disclosure at the graduation of the beneficiaries from a three-month computer appreciation course. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that

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This Is Bad: ETS bars Nigerian students from GRE, TOEFL exams amid security fears

  Nigerian candidates with aspirations of studying abroad were shocked last week when they received notice that their Graduate Record Examination (GRE) had been postponed. No new date was given. Now the administrators of that examination, as well as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exams have released an official statement saying

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How Technology Changes Student-Teacher Interaction

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 &

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SOCIAL MEDIA and SEXTING: How Parents Can Keep Their Teens Safe

There is a dangerous new practice that can have serious legal and psychological consequences for teenagers. It’s called sexting – sending sexually explicit text or photographs from mobile devices. The photographs are often shared voluntarily, but sometimes a young person may be coerced into taking or sending these photographs. Once the photos are sent, they

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Why speaking a second language can make you brainier: Bilinguals have ‘better memories and problem solving abilities

People who can switch between two languages seamlessly have a higher level of mental flexibility than monolinguals, research suggests. Researchers believe bilingualism strengthens the brain’s executive functions, such as its working memory and ability to multitask and problem solve. The psychologists think that as fluent bilinguals seem to use both languages at all times but

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‘My Next Target Is To Build An Aeroplane’ – Says 17-Yr-Old student who’s built power generator and planting machine

A 17-year-old secondary school student, Ismaila Suraju, has built a planting machine and a locally-made power generator that uses water and batteries, among others. The boy doesn’t plan to stop, he says his next goal is to build an aeroplane. Ismaila also claims to have a know-how to create a gadget that can frustrate election

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