App Of The Week: uLesson
According to UNICEF, about 10.5 million children are out of school. Moreover, a large percentage of those in school do not have access to quality education. This is a problem that can be solved strategically given the wide range of opportunities technology has to offer in our world. Read more about App of the Week […]
Coding And Robotics Program For Children With Special Needs And Their Peers
Special. The word ‘special’ has always meant something different, unique, and distinctive in some ways or more. In every society, there are some special people who live among us and these individuals are termed such because they are different from others in their own way yet still require most of what others do. The may […]
Kitchen Tips: 7 Ways to Reduce Accidents in the Kitchen
The kitchen is a very important room in the home. While life is created in the bedroom, food which ensures its sustenance is prepared in the kitchen. The kitchen is used regularly in most homes to create delicacies. This not only makes the room interesting, it also makes us forget how accident prone the kitchen […]
Helpful Little Articles: 5 Affordable Daycares in Port Harcourt
Daycare centres are a new age necessity and for this reason, we will be running down some daycare centres in Port Harcourt City and its environs. Read about affordable daycare centres in Lekki, Lagos Jewels Daycare, Nursery and Gym The facility is a complex that contains education, recreational and community development facilities. The daycare is […]
Did You Know? The Myths behind the Udala Tree in the Omabala Area of Anambra
As a child, I loved stories. Some of the best memories of my childhood were of sitting at my father’s feet and listening avidly as he told us stories. Our moonlight was the fluorescent bulb in our living room. On those evenings, when Daddy had no pressing legal writing to attend to, my siblings and […]
These Teenage Filmmakers from Kaduna are Going Places
Nine teenagers in Kaduna who go by the name, The Critics, went viral last week. From a small compound in their area, they produce films with better video, audio, and content quality than a lot of local home videos. Their films are short and dramatic science fiction stories about things like aliens, superpowers, futuristic technology, […]
Sarah’s Nest: Best Option For Your Children’s Academic Foundation And Background
For many Nigerian parents, putting their wards in school for the first time can be a daunting task owing to the fact that educational background and foundation for your kids go a long way in determining how vibrant your child will turn out to become academically later in life. Sarah’s School is a sure bet […]
61 Nigerian Students Set To Compete At The Grand Finale of The National Spelling Bee
All is set for the grand finale of the Nigeria spelling bee. The showpiece is scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the International Conference Hall of Ritman University Ikot-Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. Sixty one students across the federation are expected to assemble at the oil rich state for the much awaited competition. […]
7 Nigerian Kids’ Clothing Brands
Nigeria can boast of a robust availability of talented tailors and fashion designers. And while many brands keep this tradition flown at full mast within the country, a good number have enjoyed international recognition. The tailoring skill is largely becoming a coin of the realm; there is a successive increase in the number of graduates […]
Children’s Day
Children are a gift from God. Sure they drive us crazy often but they add so much colour to our lives we just have to choose a special day to celebrate them. Children’s day is celebrated internationally, albeit on different days in different countries. In Nigeria, we celebrate Children’s Day on May 27th. Although the […]
Over 400 Schools In Nigeria Set For The 2019 National School Fair
Over 400 top schools from across the country are set for what is billed as Nigeria’s largest educational event- the 2019 Nigeria Schools Fair, which will feature a showcase of the nation’s leading educational institutions as well as educational product/service providers. In a press statement release today by the event director of the National Schools […]
Growth & You: 5 Self-Confidence Killers In Children
Comparing them to others There is this strong temptation for parents to compare their children with one another, or with non-members of the family. The not-so-clever is compared with the clever, the shorter with the taller, the extrovert with the reserved, the slender with the plump, the C student with the A student, and so […]
Why Parents Prefer English to the Native Tongue
One cannot be sure if this is a wider problem with colonized societies, but in Nigeria, modern parents erroneously believe it is crass to allow their children to learn their local dialects. They believe it is not classy enough to be linked with a past or childhood where their native tongue is very prominent. These […]
Websites We Love: Slum2school.com
Many individuals invest their time and resources on themselves. For Orondaam Otto, founder of Slum2School Africa, such investments are geared towards humanitarian causes aimed at children in the slums. Since 2012, he has been putting less-privileged children in school for the sake of altruism and he has never looked backed. The Story Behind ‘Slum2School Africa’ Slum2school was founded […]
Meet Zannah Mustapha, The First Nigerian To Receive The United Nations’ Highest Honor
When most people would rather run away for their own safety, one man chose to stay back and help those who would be victims of a war they did not bring upon themselves. A Nigerian lawyer, Zannah Mustapha, set up a school in Northeast Nigeria — right in the midst of the Boko Haram conflict, […]
World Teachers’ Day: Do We Celebrate Them Enough?
Today, 5th of October, is World Teachers’ Day — a day set apart to honor teachers all around the world and applaud them for their great contributions to our development. World Teachers’ Day was established in 1994 and commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO Recommendation Concerning The Status of Teachers, a document which sets the standard […]