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Top 7 Reasons Why Nigerian Universities are Better than Polytechnics A lot of Nigerian secondary school leavers often wonder why a university is always ranked ahead of any polytechnic, especially when filling out their jamb forms. The universities always have higher cut off marks. They are always well sought after. The reasons are what we’ll …

The benefits of the e-learning, online learning, distant or virtual learning (whichever you will like to call it) method of teaching are so many. These benefits makes it more appealing especially when compared to the traditional method of teaching. Also See: Ten (10) Affordable Devices You’ll Need for Virtual Learning Let’s cut to the chase …

Overview In this article, you will learn about brain plasticity. Neuroplasticity, as it is otherwise called, is the ability of the brain to change throughout life as a result of learning and experience. Pause and Think: “How did you become so good at that?” You have just finished participating in a sports competition and this is a …

<p>Looking for what devices to use for virtual learning? This article is just for you! With the very fast adoption of virtual learning in almost all part of the world, we are committed to ensure all students are carried along with the moving train. There has been a lot of questions on how students who …</p>

Overview In this article, you will learn about the two different types of thinking processes or modes the brain switches between – the focused and diffuse modes – and how the brain uses these modes to think and learn. Pause and Think: “Take a break or keep studying?” Imagine you’ve been sitting at a desk while studying a textbook for …

With virtual learning being the only alternative to the continuation of academic activities of all tertiary institutions in Nigeria and most countries in the world in this coronavirus pandemic era, the strike action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) still stands as a hindrance in public institutions in Nigeria. Also See: Factors …

Article Overview In this article, you will learn about the pros and cons of self-education programmes. You will also learn how to develop one for yourself that will promote in-depth learning. Pause and Think: “So much to learn, but I don’t know where to start.” Computer science and programming, foreign languages, maths and science concepts, arts …

Soft skills are part of the most important things in life, this makes employers look out for it in individuals that seek jobs. You must have heard about soft skills or maybe not. It was introduced in a blog post in the personal development series, read it here. What are soft skills? According to Investopedia, …

In order to preserve our physical health from COVID-19, the federal government issued a “stay home” order but they failed to take our mental health into cognizance. It’s absolutely no one’s fault, that’s the best possible approach they could use. Nevertheless, an apparently large number of people are sinking into depression of one form or …

In a country like Nigeria, there are a lot of factors affecting the adoption of virtual learning. Virtual learning as explained earlier is the learning done online using the internet within or outside an educational setting. From our analysis in the previous article where we looked into the readiness of Nigerian tertiary institutions in adopting …

The coronavirus pandemic has brought a pause in almost all the sectors of the Nigerian economy, most especially the education sector. All federal and state owned schools in the country are in lockdown to curb the spread of the virus by the directives from the federal government. This is a good thing, clearly as it …

Reading a mathematics textbook is important for succeeding academically in many science-related fields, and this is also true in your mathematics classes. However, reading mathematics is different from other types of reading. How to Effectively Read a Mathematics Textbook Getting the most out of a mathematics textbook will require more than just skimming through the …