As the sun painted the sky with hues of dawn on December 29, 2023, I found myself stirring awake at 4:30 am. The reason for this early rise? A planned journey of 493.40 kilometres, an eight-hour odyssey to Isuofia in Aguata local government area, Anambra state, nestled in the heart of the Southeast region of […]
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Education has always played a major role in shaping human society. The rise of literacy, the invention of the printing press, and the development of universities all contributed to the spread of knowledge and the advancement of civilization. With the emerging technologies, it has become all the more possible to educate & engage kids in
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The first five years ending 2020 saw slow progress on achieving the sustainable development goals four (SDG 4), according to the latest UNESCO Global Education Monitoring report. Even universal primary completion, which had been a target 43 years ago, that is in 1980, is not anticipated to be accomplished by 2030. The goal of universal
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According to the United Nations Children’s Fund, quality pre-primary education is the foundation of a child’s journey: every stage of education that follows relies on its success. Yet, despite the proven and lifelong benefits,more than 175 million children – nearly half of all pre-primary-age children globally – are not enrolled in pre-primary education.Failing to provide
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Today is renowned girl child education campaigner Malala Yousafzai’s 17th birthday, but instead of being anywhere in the world to celebrate, she chose to come to Nigeria. The Pakistani girl shot by Taliban a few years ago for campaigning for girl child education, arrived Abuja, Nigeria in the early hours of today, to raise her voice
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In this post, I critically illustrate with appropriate examples how each of the centres below will help generate language in children; Art Centre The Art corner in a particular school-nursery, preschool, kindergarten or primary school is highly linked creativity in the classroom and life in general. The definitions of creativity vary considerably. From the perspective
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Former World Bank Vice President for Africa, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday said focus on early child education would help the development of young generation in Nigeria. Ezekwesili made the observation in a keynote address at the ongoing 20th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja. The theme of this year’s summit is “Transforming Education through Partnerships
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