The South African government is developing curricula for coding and robotics for grades R to 9. So said minister of basic education Angie Motshekga. “To create a sustainable industrialisation and keep pace with the world, South Africa is developing coding as well as robotics curricula to be included in […]
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Registration Now OPEN for Weekend Bootcamps! Sign up for a 4 Days Intensive Boot Camp for anyone of these training sessions 1. Data Analytics Data Analytics course is designed to make one proficient in Data Analytics tools and techniques starting from the fundamentals of statistics going onto advanced […]
21st Century Jobs
According to research from Brookings – a Washington based research institution – By 2030, more than half of the jobs in the world will be STEM – Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics – based. We get tired of complaining about all the things we can’t seem to get right […]
Employment is for those with skills
The story of a job interview told below by an applicant is a practical lesson on the value of having practical skills in addition to a long list of University Degrees It was 5 to 7 minutes into the interview, and the lady interviewer looked at me, shook her head […]
Teaching and learning should be about skills
One factor may account for the very poor appreciation of the teaching profession in Nigeria. This may be their apparent lack of productivity. They do the same things over and over again without any sign of making effort to do better. The holiday period that is effectively 4 out of […]
Subjects of study today
Years ago, the subjects taught in the Secondary Schools of Nigeria were Latin, French, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, History, Geography. Quite a while later, science subjects of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics were added, especially in the early 60’s. Then came Government, Commerce, and Economics in the 70’s. Since then, not […]
Apprenticeship & skills first, then certificates
The main attraction of our education as we have been running it for years is merely to get a certificate. Everyone seeks certificate by whatever means as a means towards getting an office job. We all desire to be in an office with trouser, shirt, tie and jacket; sit from […]
Bill Gates – 11 Rules you will never learn in School
Some say this is a myth, Bill Gates never said that, some say its true. Why it has been attributed to Mr.Bill Gates is still a mystery. And to be honest I’ve have read different posts in the internet all pointing these rules to bill gates, some says it’s 10, […]
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