Stakeholders in the education sector want the incoming government to provide more funding, upskill teachers, and put an end to incessant strikes, among others, to revitalise the sector. Busayo Aderounmu, a senior lecturer at Covenant University, described education as a critical sector that the government needs to prioritise. She said: “The sector lacks adequate facilities […]

read more Funding, improved curriculum top demands from Tinubu’s education plan

Higher or tertiary education, like all sectors, is fair game for disruption. We saw a glimpse in the pandemic, where classes were held online, and courseware unbundled from college staples like libraries and cafeterias was delivered directly to devices. Overnight, technology automated the traditional lecture, and logic supports the argument that anything that can be […]

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Groups and philanthropists must return to massive support educational awards to recapture the attention of the young ones. A UNESCO Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that runs annual international poetry competition in Nigeria has therefore, warned that failure to support efforts to drag the love of the youth back to education would spell disaster for Nigeria. The […]

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The media, especially the new media, has become an integral part of many literate persons. Many people now solely rely on social media as a source of information on national issues and happenings. For many, social media has become an addiction and, in fact, a regular distraction. As far back as 2010, Rideout, Foehr and […]

read more An exposition on media literacy education

Nigerians are showing willingness to pay for quality education anywhere it is available going by the increasing number of Nigerian students seeking admission to foreign higher institutions. Poor learning environments in local public universities and incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have stirred the interest of Nigerian students in foreign universities. […]

read more Nigerians seek foreign degrees as local faculty quality flounders