Celebrating Teachers Day
David was fond of buying gifts for his teachers, other student frowned upon this as they thought it a ploy to curry favor from the teachers. But David only used this to appreciate those who had imparted into him the basics of learning. He was ever grateful for the great start he had on life […]
Teachers Appreciation Week 2021.
Monday, May 3 through Friday, May 7 is Teacher Appreciation Week. According to the National Day Calendar, National Teacher Appreciation Week recognizes dedicated educators across the county. How to thank your teacher during National Teacher Appreciation Week The National Day Calendar says political and educational leaders began discussions for a day to honor teachers in […]
Online learning forums
Ravi was used to the traditional system of walls and chalkboards learning, it was the concept of education she had been born into and all she knew was that for learning to take place there had to be a physical teacher pointing and giving out instructions. Which is why it came as a shock to […]
Tanzania: Govt Abolishes HESLB’s 6% VRF
IT is all smiles for recipients of higher education loans following the government decision to scrap 6 per cent value retention fee (VRF) that has been charged annually by Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) on the outstanding loan balance. President Samia Suluhu Hassan who graced the Workers’ Day that was celebrated at national level […]
World day for workers.
Due to the nature of his job, Miriam’s dad was barely home and whenever he was, he would keep crunching numbers on the calculator to balance out the ledgers for the next day’s accounting. Being a clerk at the government finance office called for his utmost performance and accuracy. He was a principled man, and […]
Nigerian teen gets 19 scholarship offers worth more than $5 million from the US and Canada
One of Nigerian teens must feel like the world is at their feet after receiving 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities in the United States and Canada. A 17-year-old high school graduate, Victory Yinka-Banjo, has been offered over $ 5 million in scholarships for undergraduate studies, according to admissions and funding awards estimates. “It still […]
Substance/Drug Abuse Amongst Ruralists.
It is believed that rates at which substances are abused in rural settlements are higher than its urban counterparts, reasons being that there is inadequacy of system structure setup that can checkment such habits and dish out the right punishment for it. The substance rate use for these areas was highest for alcohol as the primary substance, followed by […]
Menstrual Education.
It was another school day, and Taye was getting ready for school as usual when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen, that increased with each passing minute and she felt wetness with it. She called out for mum as this was a new situation she didn’t understand. Mum had her take […]
Nigeria: Education Among Top Priorities of 9th House – Gbajabiamila
Speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday said that the 9th House of Representatives would continue to give utmost attention to education. Receiving the LASU management, led by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oyedamola Oke, during a thank-you visit in his office in Abuja on Monday for attracting various projects to the institution to aid learning, […]
Extend a helping hand in love.
5am and Bola was up already, she had to set the fire and prep the materials for the meals her mum prepared which they hawked at the local market daily. This routine was one that her body clock had grown accustomed to after months of repetitive actions. This had not always been her life’s story, but being […]