Education

Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School at 70!  (2)

According to Michael Afolayan, a US-based Professor of Education and Linguistics, what is happening in IJGS “is a systemic problem - the aphorism of...

Ijebu-Jesa Grammar School at 70! (1)

Paying tribute to a respected institution as it marks three scores and ten of sustained success and brand excellence shouldn't feel routine or simply...

School Na Scam?” No—Ignorance Is The Real Fraud!

The boy at the bus stop had a smartphone more expensive than the tuition of an average Nigerian university. He was not on his...

NECO Might Be Failing Our Children

In what is fast becoming an annual incidence, NECO recently announced that 79 per cent of the students who registered for the council’s May/June examinations failed English Language. The news, as usual, was greeted with widespread condemnation...

Saving South-East universities from imminent collapse

What is the sense in attempting to build a model state in an environment of palpable ignorance? Which country or state successfully developed while sidelining qualitative university education...

Is the Nigerian education sector sick?

The stakeholders in the education sector, including the Government at all levels, private individuals, associations and groups, must make increased meaningful investment in the industry...

Exam Failure, Education Minister And Dearth Of Qualified Teachers In Nigeria.

What is responsible for the subsisting dearth of quality teachers in the midst of a surfeit of qualified but unemployed graduates? Or, why are many graduates of those needed subjects not attracted to the teaching profession?

When Giving Back Becomes A Problem

It is a social expectation that graduates of higher institutions come together as alumni to better the lot of their alma mater, manifested in a range of duties such as lending a helping hand to achieve the institution's goals...

Nigerian Schools Are Getting Worse

In the opinion of several eloquent writers, the Nigerian government is to be blamed for the deplorable state of the state schools. We often mention the dilapidated buildings, incessant teacher strikes and several other popular excuses...

LAUTECH Comedy: Let’s Stop This Madness

When IBB categorically stated that Nigerian youths are incapable of leading, many felt that the outspoken retired General spoke out-of-context...

Education in Nigeria: Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai and the “Education Roadmap”

Can Minister Rufai’s four areas of reform be the catalyst to help revamp and redirect education in Nigeria? Can Minister Rufai overcome the problem of policy implementation?

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The Hypocrite in All of Us

If there is a bit of the hypocrite in all of us, then our hypocrisy is often at its highest when discussing public officials, especially politicians, in the context of money and sex...

I Love My Country, But Does My Country Love Me?

Does my country love me? Does my fatherland appreciate and reciprocate the patriotism and loyalty I have displayed over the past couple of decades of my existence?

Yar’Adua’s Budget Battle with the National Assembly

Just as many predicted when President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua signed the 2009 Appropriation Bill into law last March, the Executive and Legislative arms of government at the federal level have, for the umpteenth time, locked themselves in a largely unhelpful muscle-flexing over the implementation of the national budget...

This Is a Coup and We Must All Take a Stand

Whilst it is true that every well meaning Nigerian...

Nigeria's economy: Inflation and other economic indicators

Nigeria's economy is churning along after the problems of liquidity and banking sector meltdown that nearly crushed the financial market. The economy is progressively in recovery and it looks like the confidence of the Nigerian consumer is gradually rebounding...

Muhammadu Buhari: Perfect is the Enemy of Good

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Is Enough Really Enough?

The crowd of Young People had gathered at Eagles Square and with placards they chanted "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" and marched towards the National Assembly Complex but they were cordoned off by fierce-looking Policemen...

Speaking Truth to Power: Mr President and the Chaos called Nigeria

Mr President, my thoughts have recently reverted back to the question of your legacy as President and the fact that there are no invisible ones.  I am inclined to ask what story would you tell your grand children?

Anatomy of a warped mind

Mr. Oluwole Bakare completely got it wrong in The Guardian publication of Saturday, November 9, 2013 titled: Stella Oduah: Travails of hard working-public servant...

Addressing the gender stereotype in Nigeria’s political sphere

Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following...