Future Begins Now

Tertiary institution is a place for advanced learning after graduating from the secondary school; they signify the next academic progress in life. Tertiary institutions offer higher degrees to individuals. Schools in this category include Universities, Polythenics and Colleges of Education. The battle to gain admission into tertiary institutions starts with writing qualifying examinations like WAEC (West African Examination Council) and UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination), For this discourse, I will focus on universities, and as an alumna of  a public university, I will take my bearing from there. Survival of the fittest comes into play here; this is so because the best courses (in terms of what people assume sells more after school) have the highest cut off marks. One lesson is learnt here, the local championship of secondary school days has to be dropped. Senior boys and girls, who have perhaps represented their schools in times past, had to buckle up so t...

Another edition of the quarterly production of the NGO that focuses on different aspect of education advocacy has been released. The edition focuses on the need for everyone to be involved in the advocacy and development of education in a cou try like Nigeria. Education serves as the foundational sector that leads to the development of all other sectors. The more we get it right with education, the more other sectors fall into their right places. The edition featured authors that have been in the educational field for decades and advocates of quality education. The magazine can be downloaded here .

When the Personal Development Course started in Kumapayi Community High School, among the 25 students selected by the teachers was a boy with a physical challenge which prevents him from walking with his legs. He crawls while in school because he doesn't have a wheel chair to move. This caught the attention of the director of the NGO and he made an appeal to the sponsors of the NGO and they were generous enough to donate a wheel chair to him. Today, Ahmed's aim of becoming a lawyer has been given a great encouragement.