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A STUDENT TAUGHT ME HOW TO TEACH LIKE A 21ST CENTURY TEACHER. A few days ago, I was teaching a girl mathematics, specifically, optimization with linear programming. We needed to draw a graph and get the vertices then use the…

YOUR CHILD IS NOT A FAILURE… A GENIUS There is this popular maxim I have come across in several books which was credited to the German-born theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein which states that “if you test a fish by his…

3 WAYS TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE CNN business reported the World Economic Forum as saying “65% of the children entering primary school in 2017 will have jobs that do not yet exist and for which…

MAKE YOUR CHILD JOB READY WITH THESE TIPS While some of us who are active educators will advocate for a new educational model that ensures the transfer of skills and creativity at a policy level, I think this change is…

HOW TO GET STRAIGHT As in WAEC, JAMB AND NECO In his thought-provoking article, Dr. Ibrahim Dooba, a multiple degree holder, author, and columnist at daily trust argued that if a student can solve 2 years past question papers for…

3 REASONS WHY THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IS ONLINE. Introduction We know we will get to this point in our education journey.  We know education will have to be democratized.    We have come off age in this traditional model…

Can we spend lesser time at school? I was curious aboutthe number of years we spent at school, so I asked google “how many years do we……….. just before I finished my thought, Google brought up options – trust Google……

EDUCATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT Let me start by asking, is there any relationship between education and employment? The right answer is, yes. Getting good education may not necessarily guarantee automatic employment but will definitely open doors to several opportunities later in…

WHAT CONCLUSIONS HAVE YOU MADE ABOUT YOUR CHILD? Here is a conversation between Mama Bola and her neighbour, Mama Zahara. Mama Bola: Mama Zahara, there is this competition by the Federal government that requires primary school students to make and record…