Do you have kids in school? Have you noticed the obsession of parents and the pressure on the kids to come first, second, or at least third in a class of say, 40 students? In many homes, attaining these premier positions or obtaining excellent grades in class is of more importance to parents and pupils,
By Tina Agosi Todo, Guardian Newspaper After 23 years of communal conflict in Ikot Offiong, Odukpani Council of Cross River State, the newly elected Obong of Calabar, Etubom Anthony Ani, is set to provide schools for the community. With this development, over 20,000 out-of-school children of the community, scattered all over the state owing to
By Ijioma Opara, The ICIR Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has ordered all Commissioners of Police (CPs) across the 36 States of the federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to beef up security around hospitals, schools, and other national infrastructure across the country. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the
Listen To The Article Teachers have distinct personalities. They tend to be social individuals, which means they’re kind, generous, patient, caring, helpful, empathetic, and friendly. They excel at socializing, helping others, and teaching. Some of them are also enterprising, meaning they’re adventurous, ambitious, energetic, enthusiastic, confident, and many more. School is not only a place
Listen To The Article Why I will never go close to nursery section again. Yesterday, when I went to school, I passed through a Nursery session for a small ‘AMEBO’ 😜😜😜😜 before going to my classroom (Primary 6). There is this little girl, named Veronica, she is so beautiful and intelligent. I found her busy,
Education is the most important component of human resource development and is accorded a pride of place in many countries’ developmental plans and activities. The importance of education cannot be overemphasized and underestimated because no country has succeeded without educating its people. Education, be it in its formal or informal forms, basically entails pedagogy. And,
By Patrick Obia In Cross River State’s 2019 budget, over N145 million was earmarked for new classrooms at PCN Primary School Ikot Ishie in Calabar Municipality while more than 7 million was budgeted for a motorised borehole in the school under the model school project of the State. The contracts were eventually awarded through the
By Nathaniel Bivan, HumAngle Fourteen-year-old Uchenna Amarachi, a second-year student at Junior Secondary School (JSS) Kayarda, has never used a library though she lives about a kilometre away from one — or what is supposed to be the Kuje public library/ICT centre. Amarachi lives at Unguwar Gede, a settlement within Kuje Area Council in Nigeria’s