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March 16, 2023

Education in Nigeria

Education in Nigeria: History and policy

The Methodists, a Christian missionary group introduced formal education in Nigeria about 180 years ago. Since then, Nigeria’s population has grown and the demand for schools has also increased. Nigeria’s population in 1950, was 37.86 million people. This was 107 years after the Methodist missionaries built the first primary school in Nigeria and 36 years …

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Lagos limits admission to model colleges to primary six pupils

Lagos State government has limited admission to its model colleges to only primary six pupils. The state government emphasized that it is only the primary six students in both public and private schools who are qualified to sit for the forthcoming entrance examination into its various model colleges and upgraded secondary schools in the state. …

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Questions solving VS problems solving in Mathematics

Years after years students are subjected to solving questions – textbooks, worksheets, home works, quizzes etc. However, students end up asking what or when is the application of all that had learnt/done in all the Math classes! I hear some of my students asking me “are you not giving us home tasks?” and when I …

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Obi poster: LASG begins investigation, summons school principal for punishing student

Lagos State Ministry of Education has begun investigation into the complaint of a parent that her child was sent out of school for using the election poster of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to wrap her books. The incident which reportedly happened at Odomola Junior Secondary School, Epe, has attracted a lot of …

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Early childhood education offers basket of benefits, prevents dementia

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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