EDUCATION AND EDUCATIVE NEWS

We we're taught these topics during our secondary/high school days, we might have taken them for granted but we apply them in our everyday living knownigly or ignorantly. Some of these topics include: Vector(physic/mathematics): It's a topic that discuss the dimensions at which a force is acted on a body Networking (Data processing/computer science): This topic mainly discuss the internet and it's components Lifestyle (social science): This talks about people's culture. Nutrition (biology): It talks about the process a biological body takes to break down food nutrients. Living and non-living things(Biology) Motion (physics): It talks about movement and the forces causing them Reaction(chemistry): It talks about the changes in the environment resulting from physical and chemical activities. Reproduction (Biology): Talks of how offaproffsare produced and their stages. Measurements (physics) Respiration (Biology): Talk about the proces...

Many people don’t know that both hot bath and cold bath have health benefits, they only think that taking bath is the essential not knowing that  the nature(in terms of temperature)of water matters alot, below are some listed benefits of hot/cold bath Some Benefits of hot bath *Easier breath *Burn calories *Increases injury healing rate *Reduces tiredness *Opens the skin pores for better cleansing *Relives nasal congestion *Relaxes muscle pain *Relaxes the skin *Improves heart health *Reduces chances of high blood pressure *Strengthens the bone Some benefits of cold bath *Increases alertness *Refines hair and skin *Improves immunity and blood circulation *Increases nerve sensitivity *relives depression *Eases stress *Speed up muscle recovery *Stimulates weight loss *Pruning(temporary)

Academic Staff Union of Universities has blamed the unimpressive ranking of Nigerian universities by the Center for World University Ranking on the failure of the Federal Government to make education as its priority. The union said if the government had heeded its numerous calls to provide enabling environment for education especially in tertiary institutions across the country, the ranking was only two Nigerian Universities, the University of Ibadan, and the University of Nigeria made the world’s best 2,000 would have been better. While speaking about the ranking, the Chairman University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Ayo Akinwole, lamented that the two universities which presently hold national rankings of first and second in Nigeria could not make top 1,000. Making allusion to other universities in Africa, the union stated that the first thirteen universities in South Africa made the best 2,000 universities while seven of the...

The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has says its orientation camps will reopen when it is very safe, in view of the formidable danger posed by COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. ”The attention of management of the scheme has been drawn to an online publication stating that the ”NYSC is set to reopen orientation camps, lists guidelines,” alluding that the scheme will soon resume orientation programme,” Adeyemi said. She said the scheme placed very high premium on the lives of corps members, camp officials and other stakeholders . ”Which was the key reason it suspended 2020 Batch “A” Stream 1 orientation programme in March and shall never act in anyway that will compromise their safety. “To reinforce the foregoing, it is apt to add that even when it has been sufficiently established it is safe to proceed to the camps for the resumption of norm...

The human brain is the most important organ of our body and we all fail to think it also requires exercise or training and nutrition to function well. Thus, forming good habits and avoiding the following bad habits will prevent brain damage and keep it healthy. Here are 10 brain-damaging activities that you must stop doing for better functioning of the brain: 1. Skipping breakfast Our brain needs appropriate nutrients at the appropriate time to function at its best. Due to a fast paced lifestyle, most of us avoid or end up skipping breakfast to save some time. This leads to low sugar supply and poor nutrient supply to the brain. The brain needs pure glucose to function. Poor nutrition can have long term harmful effects on the brain like degeneration of the brain cells. 2. Lack of sleep Sleep deprivation hinders the brain’s ability to perform normally. If you have ever lost your way home or forgotten your keys somewhere and cannot recollect where, then lack of sleep has pr...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened registration for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2020 – Second Series with a note to candidates to check the examination towns’ list before registering. According to the advert for the examination signed by the Council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr. Patrick Areghan, 36 subjects would be examined during the examination, which does not have a fixed date yet because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Usually, the examination holds between August and October every year. The online registration is open until July 31, 2020. However, Areghan warned interested candidates to find out if their preferred location would be listed as examination towns as only urban centres would be used for the examination. “The examination will be urban-based and will be conducted at a period to be announced in due course. Thirty-Six (36) subjects would be available for the examination. Inten...

Leadership is the ability to direct and guide others through something. The work of leadership is done by a leader. Leaders already have target and illusional view of their destinations and it's just the duty of the followers to follow the path of the leader even though they might not know the thought of the leader and where they're being led to, it doesn't matter whether the followers believes in the leader or not, the fact is you must follow. Why must they follow? because most followers normally don't have choices. Different followers get different impressions from their leaders depending on how it favours/fail them. While others see their leaders as the worst set of leaders, another group might still see them as the best while another will neither see the good side of their leaders nor the bad side. For this reason, it's impossible to stand and tell a good leader, same with the bad one, all one can do is to say his/her mind. Still, no final  conclusion will...

Once in a while, in our lifetime,we’ve planned out routines and it ends up not going as planned. It might not be a mistake from you, it's phenomenal and common among the world population. Some things that may cause things not fall in place as planned might be disasters, unexpected events, forgetfulness and nature itself (rainfall or sunshine). Whenever something don't go as planned, we lost things, it might be time, money, property or even life.now what if your plan don't go well, how/what will you do to put it back in place. That's where plan B comes into play. Without backup plans we end up being frustrated, furious, angry, loss of concentration, mentally and physically depressed, anxious, etc. For this reason, we should always endeavour to have backup plans so as not to be drifted from the lane because of common failures. Backup plans are plans that endeavour to put us back in track and hence, reduce losses that are commonly caused by failures of the previous pl...

For decades, right from childhood days, we've been told that education is the key to success and a better future. This is supposed to be true.But what happened. According to research, an average of five hundred thousand (500,000) students graduate from Nigerian higher institutions nationwide annually and estimate of one hundred thousand (100,000) Nigerian students graduate from foreign schools annually. Research said that out of all these graduates, 47% remain unemployed while 22% get employed to do minor jobs with very low payment rate. What happened? they've accessed the success key, why don't they just start succeeding? isn't education the key to success anymore? Was the key changed? Well, we were partially lied to. Education isn't really the key to success. The keys to success are: HARDWORK, PERSISTENCE, SELF-MOTIVATION, TAKING CALCULATED RISKS, PERSIVERENCE, NETWORKING. The truth about education is that it teaches people to serve others. that's ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that it was yet to have any meaningful engagement with the Federal Government since the union embarked on an indefinite strike. The university teachers, had on March 23, 2020, embarked on strike in protest against government’s directive for members to join the integrated payroll and personnel Information System (IPPIS), payroll software mandated for all public officials. The Federal Government had last year directed that all its employees should be enrolled under the IPPIS scheme by December 31 or their salaries would be withheld. The directive did not go down well with ASUU members and they never failed to make it known to their employers. Few days to the deadline, some ASUU members were said to have secretly enrolled on the platform, while some others, especially their leaders, refused to join. All efforts to persuade them failed; rather they embarked on two weeks warning strike. The national president o...

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoko has been ranked third most productive school in educating entrepreneurs in Africa. According to a report by Forbes entitled: “If You Want To Start A Tech-Company In Africa, Go To College”, the university is the startup powerhouse of Nigeria. The University of Cape Town and the Makerere led in the ranking ahead of UNILAG; while the University of Nairobi, Kenya and Stellenbosch University followed in the fourth and fifth positions. The article, written by Meghan McCormick, CEO & Co-founder of OZÉ and contributor on FORBESWOMEN, analysed the importance of education in entrepreneurship in Africa. This was deduced from a research report entitled: “Gender & Demographics in Africa’s Green & Digital Transformation”, by Briter Bridges, a data-driven research company in Africa. The report processed survey data from founders & c-level executives from 1904 startups operating across Africa. While all of the companies operated in ...

The Federal Government has said that schools may reopen in the country after the ban on interstate movement has been lifted. The government said that it was been careful not to lead Nigerians into danger as Nigeria continues to record increased cases. It pointed out that some countries that opened schools hurriedly shut them when their cases spiked. Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba stated this during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday. He stated that the government had not published any date for school reopening as being speculated on the social media. The federal government had in March shut all schools in the country as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The minister said: “We want to open when it is safe to do so. We have heard about neighbouring countries that opened and shut. We have heard about cases spiking with children getting into school. Of all the things I will like to d...

A team of researchers from the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has developed a positive pressure ventilator, a variant of mechanical ventilator. Presenting the prototype to the university authority, the Dean, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology SEET, Prof. Aremu Akintunde said the present design falls within the non-invasive mechanical ventilator category. He said noninvasive mechanical ventilators come with covers and can be used at health facilities and at home because of its versatility adding that the design is of the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) type which delivers constant and steady pressure. The system runs on direct current and can be configured to be powered by solar energy thus it has no direct negative effect on the environment. Another unique advantage of the device is its portability as it can be used in ambulances in the case of emergency and it can also be used in Primary Health Care facilities in the rural areas. It is a...

The Federal Government has directed all specialized universities (e.g universities of agriculture, universities of technologies, universities of medicine etc) offering courses that are not in line with their statutory mandates to stop offering such courses. The government frowned at such a situation whereby a Universities of Agriculture that is supposed to offer only courses related to agriculture starts offering Law and management related courses. This was contained in a statement released by the Head of Information, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin. According to the statement, specialized universities are those universities that have been established to offer specific courses and grow the needed manpower in such areas which will help boost the economy. He further stated that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has ordered the examination board to remove such courses offered by these specialized universities that are contrary to their stat...