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...

The Nigerian Phonetic and The Ghanaian’s Prejudice

I once encountered a scenario where some fellow Nigerians where joining a Ghanaian to run down Nigerian’s way of speaking. They were busy praising the “Ghanaian English” pronunciation with its nauseating emphasis on words where the English native speakers themselves had never placed emphasis...

Nigeria at 47: Education Sector at a Crossroad

What is the goal of our education system? What values and national goal do we hope to achieve? What values do we also hope to inculcate in our youths through our educational system?

Reforming Higher Education: Path to the Future (Part II)

There must be logic to the reasons why we create and want universities. Universities are not made for everyone and that should be clear from the onset...

‘Marketising’ Higher Education: The UniOsun Example

The raging questions for higher education technocrats’ have always been, who currently pays for higher education institutions? Who currently benefits from higher education? Who should pay for higher education in the future?

Boarding School

I didn’t like day schooling. And I wasn’t sure how things would turn out when the idea of a boarding school was broached...

Post JAMB Tests PLC

I am very sad that I have been forced by some very horrifying reports coming out of our various university campuses to seriously regret my earlier support for post-JAMB tests...

Nigeria and The World University Rankings

A university remains a university no matter where it is located, even if it is in Enugwu-Ukwu or Ijebu Ode; its output should be evaluated against the outputs of other universities anywhere in the world...

Education in Nigeria under Dr. Sayyadi Abba Ruma: Challenges and Possibilities

The federal government has played a limited role in education. The Constitution gave the state governments the authority and power to fund education and thus the primary responsibility of educating its citizenry...

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Nigeria at 64: A Nation in Chains, Mourning Her Lost Potentials

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In Defence Of Obasanjo

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When a Christian Slumbers

Prayer is one aspect of my Christian experience that has been inconsistent and has received the worst attention over time. It is my story and the stories of countless Christians across the world, yet we wonder why we are not making the impact that Jesus had promised...

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When the Nigerian notorious robber Oyenusi was going to...

Presidential Debate: Challenging the Challenger

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Images from and about Africans

Images from and about Africa and Africans can be gruesome and demoralizing. The western press paint a picture of a continent and a people that are incapable of governing themselves, incapable of self-sustenance, and incapable of providing the most basic of all basics without western help...

Blood In Politics: Jos like Kenya!

I sat dumbfounded as I watched Jos being set on fire, with innocent Nigerians being massacred. Signs of rigged election! Jos like Kenya!

The Obasanjo Obituary That Never Was

The rumour mill was agog earlier this week with the presumed assassination of the 'emperor' in Ota, former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo was quick to dispel the rumour proclaiming in his usual dry humour that I deh kampe...

Fuel Subsidy Monsters Unmasked; Time For Action

Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan and his economic team finally ran out of excuses for inaction on the massive swindle of Nigeria by some crooked fuel marketers and their bureaucratic enablers...