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...

Rejuvenating Nigeria’s Collapsed Educational System: The Roles Of Alumni And Old Students’ Associations

It has long been recognised that the survival of the Nigerian state as a viable, progressive and democratic society will depend on the state or health of her educational systems...

Rejuvenating Nigeria’s Collapsed Educational System: The Roles Of Alumni And Old Students’ Associations

It has long been recognised that the survival of the Nigerian state as a viable, progressive and democratic society will depend on the state or health of her educational systems...

Rejuvenating Nigeria’s Collapsed Educational System: The Roles Of Alumni And Old Students’ Associations

It has long been recognised that the survival of the Nigerian state as a viable, progressive and democratic society will depend on the state or health of her educational systems...

Politics Of School Reform In Nigeria: Informing Dr. Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu’s Vision For Education In Nigeria

Those individuals who believe that education is the key to improving the quality of life and the social class, have argued perpetually that the current system of education in Nigeria needs to be reformed...

Re: My Reflection on Education and Democracy in Nigeria: Vision 2020

In his defense of the shortcomings of the article articulated by some critics, Sadiq raised three basic approaches to appreciating and perhaps solving the problems plaguing the system of education in Nigeria...

My Reflection on Education and Democracy in Nigeria: Vision 2020

Since January 2007, I have had time to reflect on the issues raised in this article and the recommendations people have offered. Here are my thoughts...

Adopting The Universal Basic Education

Nigeria, like many other countries around the world, has, over the years, sought to improve its education system by introducing reforms and making projections based on the education needs of the country...

Issues in Nigerian Universities (1)

Teachers pimping students and or fellow teachers for financial and non-financial gains.  Teachers selling handouts and other documents to supplement their income...Sadly, these are some of the realities in our institutions of higher learning...

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The Problem with Fixing Nigeria: How to if we really try

There is this natural tendency to despair in the rot called Nigeria even when one lives in this paradise of misgovernance in fits and bursts. However, despair is exactly what the rulers of Nigeria want us to feel...

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It’s interesting the encounters you have when you take public transportation. You get to see different people, listen in on their conversations, and often you have to listen to a stranger tell you his or her life story...

The Costs of Discipleship: Juxtaposing the Old and the New

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The World through the Psalms

God ruleth in Jacob and unto the end of the world, his judgment is sure. The righteous shall rejoice when the wicked rulers are dethroned and jailed...

In Pursuit of Better Governance

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Is Africa Being Invaded?

No matter what has been going on in Libya, it was wrong for a Nation to back rebels and declare a no-fly-zone on another sovereign nation - Libya...