Archives for October 2016
After National Youth Service Corps POP, What Next?
This afternoon, the 2015/2016 set of Batch B corps members all over the country marked the end of its service year with the Passing Out Parade in all the states of the federation plus the FCT. Established in 1973 by the government of Gen. Yakubu Gowon in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Civil War, […]
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What Manner of Education? 3
Having examined the various areas we have problems with our education, let us proceed to consider the ways we can revive it and make it relevant to our needs. We must address the fundamental essence of education – development of our ideas. This is a very promising dimension we can tap in to improve our socio-economic situation. Instead of forcing […]
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What Manner of Education? 2
“My father taught me to work. He did not teach me to love it.” – ABRAHAM LINCOLN Education teaches discipline. Discipline entails doing what is right because it is right even though we may not actually enjoy doing it. Discipline means controlling ourselves from within. It imposes sufficient inner checks on our natural instincts, which is why we are different […]
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What Manner of Education? 1
“In school, teach him. It is far more honorable to fail than to cheat to pass. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas even if everyone tells him they are wrong.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President. Recently, there has been an increased clamor for education of almost every kind. From children to adults, people of almost every […]
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