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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Ribadu’s Progressive Mistake

It is only a fool that will keep doing the same thing, and expect a different result… so paraphrased goes that wise saying. I cannot but come off with that conclusion on hearing of former EFCC boss Mallam Nuhu Ribadu declared intention to run for the nation’s highest office...

As GEJ Fights Back, will the opposition fold?

Politically, this President has been adroit regardless of his misgovernance; fighting back while keeping to time-worn political battle principles that will make Sun Tzu and Machiavelli very proud. Not a mean feat for a man who is not just grossly incompetent, but lacks any moral conviction when it comes to associating with convicted criminals...

‘The Trouble with Nigeria’

I now believe that Nigeria made an error of monumental proportions by allowing the man called ‘IBB’ to take over the reins of power.  I believe the beginning of his administration began the irretrievable spiral downwards...

The State of Affairs In The Ijaw Nation (Conclusion)

Today, Ijaw land is in a state of chaos and confusion. Almost a complete mess! As a result of the indifference and criminality of the oil companies, the Ijaw land is home to some of the world’s most insidious environmental crimes...

Beyond distribution of free textbooks

The fresh decision of the Federal Government of Nigeria to distribute textbooks and other instructional materials to students in public schools and colleges across the country could not have come at a much better time than now, at least against the backdrop of the wobbly fortunes of the all-important education industry in Nigeria in recent times...

Between Daura and Dauras

Every Head of state or President in Nigeria (living...

Midnight in Shangisha Movie Hits Cinemas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBE-j41OEJI Midnight in Shangisha, a drama-comedy movie featuring top names...

Is It Just Me?

Let me make my stand known.  I, Vera Ezimora, do solemnly swear that I cannot and will not appreciate a cheap ring.  I will take it, but I cannot appreciate it...

Nigeria: To Be or Not To Be!

Many prophets, God chosen and self acclaimed, have at different times prophesied that Nigeria would disintegrate into at least three countries. They reiterated that the three countries will be named after the three major tribes...

Adeniyi, Peterside – When Carelessness Begets Recklessness

A study of more than 65 countries published in the United Kingdom New Scientist magazine suggested that the happiest people in the world live in Nigeria. Was carelessness which begets recklessness, an ordinary human behaviour trait which saddens others but amuses us, quantified, to determine our euphoria?