As a young seven-year-old girl, the age of much of my imaginations, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher. There was something about the profession which sparked a lifelong interest in me. But of course, you cannot aspire to be a teacher from such a young age in a Nigerian setting. You see,…
“Literacy is the first step towards freedom, towards liberation from social and economic constraints. It is the prerequisite for development, both individual and collective. It reduces poverty and inequality, creates wealth, and helps to eradicate problems of nutrition and public health.” — Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UNESCO Message on the occasion of the International…
Everybody involved in moulding the lives of the youth must be aware of the nature of the youth as well as their problems. Times are changing. It is the turn of a decade and we were first ushered into it with a global pandemic that has changed who we are, how we communicate, and how…
We live in a society where learning, like change, is inevitable. We have become familiar with phrases like ‘unlearn’ and ‘relearn’. It is 2020 and concepts that seemed uncertain, in the year 2010, have now become concepts to unlearn and relearn. At this point in our lives, the global pandemic has shown us how to…