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Opinion April 17, 2018 April 17, 2018

The playful child and Nigeria’s early childhood education policy

There has been a tremendous growth in the need and demand for early years centres in Nigeria. Compared to a few decades ago, the…

Opinion April 8, 2018 April 8, 2018

Home-based early years literacy practice among families in Nigeria

Dear Reader, Throughout the month of March 2018, EdusoundsNg conducted an online survey on early years literacy practice among families in Nigeria. The survey’s…

Opinion April 1, 2018 April 1, 2018

Teacher education and quality of teaching in Nigeria

As a result of the persistent mass failure among WAEC candidates in Nigeria, the Nigerian senate decided to set up a committee to look…

Opinion March 17, 2018 March 17, 2018

Lagos state government and its Yoruba language preservation policy

Finally, the federal government announced that they would be introducing the use of native Nigerian languages in the delivery of Maths and Science education….

Opinion March 11, 2018 March 11, 2018

The need for daycare and early childhood education in Nigeria

Please, as you’re here, support my work by participating in my survey on home-based early years’ literacy practice among families in Nigeria, and remember…

Opinion March 1, 2018 March 2, 2018

World Book Day: A reading experience

I once wrote about how sports helped me in developing reading habit. I can still remember turning my used school notebooks at the end…

Opinion February 23, 2018 February 23, 2018

The tragicomedy of the money swallowing snake in Nigeria’s foremost higher education admissions institution (JAMB)

At first it was a rumour, then it became humour, then a subject of denial until the video clip of the confessional statement of…

Opinion February 11, 2018 February 12, 2018

What happened to the Minister’s Ten Pillars of Nigerian Education Reform?

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, while hosting the governor of Niger state at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Education was…

Opinion January 28, 2018 January 28, 2018

ITF To Provide Skills Acquisition Hubs: To Be or Not To Be?

In an attempt to reduce youth unemployment and restiveness, the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) of Nigeria, Mr Boss Mustapha, suggested to the…

Uncategorized January 21, 2018 January 21, 2018

Supporting Children’s Education at Home

This post is based on a WhatsApp Q&A session I had recently with a group of friends. The responses are informed sometimes by research…

Uncategorized January 14, 2018 January 14, 2018

The ILA’s 2018 What’s Hot in Literacy Report and Emerging Issues In Nigeria’s Compulsory Education Sector

A new report released on January 8, 2017 by the International Literacy Association (ILA) reveals wide gaps between what’s truly valuable (what’s important) to…

Opinion January 7, 2018 January 7, 2018

Medical Education and Practice in Nigeria

This is a guest post by Dr Ayodipupo Sikiru Oguntade. Shortage of medical manpower has been a perennial problem in Nigeria since pre-independence. The…