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...

Mike Okonkwo Essay Competition: A Vision Without Borders

I never knew how similar my experience was to other winners of the Mike Okonkwo Essay Competition for Secondary Schools until I had the opportunity of meeting some past winners for the first time recently in Lagos...

Shamble Education Can't Save Young Nigerians!

The collapse of the education system in Nigeria is indicative of the general collapse and retreat of the state. A strong influence of the state's political and economical affairs!

A Nation Under Siege: The Unending Violent Clashes and Battle for Supremacy on Nigerian Campuses

In the past three decades, Nigerians have witnessed one of the largest mindless orgies of bloodshed, killings, rapes, violent clashes and destruction of lives and properties on Nigerian campuses by fraternities popularly known as “Secret Cults”...

Nigerian Universities Strike: To Redress Or Regret Past Neglect?

If Nigerian society is truly egalitarian, university education should be a part of the larger effort for the society to be inclusive...

Nigerian Universities Strike: To Redress Or Regret Past Neglect?

If Nigerian society is truly egalitarian, university education should be a part of the larger effort for the society to be inclusive...

Grammarians at 150: Celebrate With Us

My domain at CMS Grammar School, the library, was meant to be a place of dead silence, serious study and academic enquiry. But the arrogant, spoilt-brat children of Army Generals, captains of industry, Judges, MDs, Perm Secs, Ministers, Intellectuals and famous doctors will prove to be confrontational, rascals, rude and uncontrollable…

Nigerian Universities: The Houses Have Not Fallen Yet

I think the Vice Chancellors of some of our universities are doing very well and the students too. I wouldn’t worry too much about Nigerian universities not making the global rankings, there is a genuine effort at improving standards and quality...

Oga to Pack Dog Sh*t?

Please just leave me alone this morning; are you just noticing that oga doesn’t respond to greeting from us?

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