Despite all the warnings and taboos in certain social circles, there seems to be an increase in the number of tattoo demands by young adults. Not surprisingly, with the rise of tattoos, we see a rise in demand […]

The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions will be wholly computer-based by 2015, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said.
The registrar of JAM […]

You don’t need me to tell you that the Internet has become a pervasive global network of people and machines that is beginning to mediate all human interactions. But, just for a second, think about how different […]

Parenting comes with huge responsibilities. The second most important decision you will make as a parent — apart from deciding to have the kid in the first place — is deciding which school for them to enrol in. […]

(By Taiwo Akinlami)
A recent United Nation’s Survey reveals that never in the history of our world have the children of the world been exposed to the kind of abuse they are exposed to today. ‘A shocking pic […]

(By Benjamin Stewart)
As an educator, what does it mean to share? We tell our children at home to do it. We tell our kids at school to do it. We’d even be hard pressed to find an educator who didn’t outright arg […]

I’m sure most of you know that excessive salt consumption can cause high blood pressure, which in turn can lead to heart problems. However, what you might not realise is just how many more problems salt can […]

(By Folksy)
Bullying has become a worldwide epidemic, and it needs to be prevented as much as possible. All you need to do is a quick internet search to find horrific stories of how bullies have devastated the […]

Do you think you can write? Do you have an overwhelming flair for writing? Think you’ve something a little bit special, a little bit awesome, a little bit you to bring to Passnownow? Send us an email! Write a […]

Learning technologies change student-resource interactions not only by the amount of resources that are now available to students, but also by the quality of the resources.
Instead of students being limited to […]

 
A 21-year-old form four student in the county of Murang’a, Kenya has created an electricity generating system, which enables him to tap power from a river near his home to light the house in which he, his mo […]

Students at the Yaba College of Technology this morning shut down the institution to protest a vicious attack on one of the students by an unnamed assailant identified simply as a member of a cult group. The […]

(By Alex Reichert)
In secondary school, I was the type of person who felt no reason to read. For my history classes, the only parts of the textbooks I read were section heads, words in boldface type, and […]

Education is way more than sitting in a classroom. Unfortunately, it is often the same old story. Go to school. Read, write, learn math, history, science, and the searing pain of social rejection. Go home. Forget […]

The end of the world is not nigh. Life will thrive on Earth for at least another 1.75billion years and perhaps as many as 3.5billion.
Beyond then, the Sun will have become so hot that nothing will be able to […]

Manners really do make us – it could be that they are one of the keys to being human.
Scientists have suggested that good manners not only distinguish us from the rest of the animal kingdom, they help keep h […]

(By Riley Griffin)
I guess it comes with the territory, but every adult in the world seems to think they have secret knowledge that will crack the youth. They attribute their expertise on the subject of […]

Scientists in the US claim to have discovered how humans are able to use their imagination to create art, invent tools and think scientifically
Scientists claim to have discovered how and where human […]

(By Sylvic Light)
Research has shown that a student’s success is directly related to his participation, or involvement, in the educational experience. This is particularly true in the online courses where f […]

Overcoming Examination Failure – a must have book for every Teen and Secondary School Student, takes a very good look at what students must do in order to be successful in their exams. According to the author – […]