The Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) has garnered significant recognition by securing an impressive tally of 22 medals at the Mathematics without Borders International Tournament held in Bulgaria. According to the organizers of the tournament, the Mathematics without Borders Int’l Tournament is an academic mathematics tournament which “aims at promoting the ancient science of Mathematics […]
The Lagos State Examinations Board says candidates who did not secure credit in Mathematics and English Language in the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will retake the subjects. The board’s public affairs officer, Fatai Bakare, disclosed on Wednesday in Lagos that the resit examination had been slated for Oct. 5. Bakare said that the
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The Mathematics class graduate of 2004 donated a brand new generator to the Department of Mathematics in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS). Information gathered by PEN PRESS maintained that the generator cost N250,000 and it is first of its kind. The Head Of Department (HOD) of Mathematics, Dr. (Mrs) Halima Usman said that, “The alumni
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The African Mathematics Union suggests that he was the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate in mathematics. Obi’s early research dealt mainly with the question of the existence of periodic solutions of non-linear ordinary differential equations.He successfully used the perturbation technique, and several of his publications greatly helped to stimulate research interest in this subject
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In the realm of mathematics, there are those who merely navigate the numbers and then there are those who reign over them. Tella Omojolade Michael, popularly known as the “King of Numbers,” is one of the latter. His exceptional numerical abilities have astounded audiences around the world, making him a true game-changer within the field
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Some blind candidates in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) have appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the universities to waive mathematics for them. The special candidates lamented that most of them usually have difficulty in calculations and particularly with speed. They complained that it contributed to their inability to
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In the third quarter of 2022, a former Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Transport, Taiwo Salaam, stated that if the traffic congestion in the densely populated Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos should continue unaddressed till 2030, the city is estimated to lose as much as 21 billion dollars every month. In another report, the
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Dear Mathematics Tutor, Dealing with numbers requires a little bit of English, provided you are willing to learn it. This is an opportunity to explore many options in the Queen’s language while still maintaining preference for your chosen subject. In the past, our teachers were obvious of what was obtainable on the international scene and
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I have had opportunities to discuss at length with couple of students over the years. And I can tell that when it comes to subjects of natural interest, not many like mathematics. Not to dispute that there are few exceptions that do not just like it but they love it. But still, they are like
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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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