Power Outage Effect on the Education of Nigeria

Power supply is one of the factors that aids the improvement of the educational system of any nation, but what happens when this factor is inadequate.
Nigeria's power supply company was recently privatized with over $100 billion poured in by investors in the hopes of improvements and actualization of the VISION 2020 project, which due to the oil-rich situation of Nigeria should have the capacity to provide electricity to all its 150 million citizens, the privatization which also lead to the change of the name Nigeria Electric Power Authority 'NEPA' to Power Holding Company Of Nigeria 'PHCN'.
But even with these changes there has been so little improvement in power supply, with many parts of the country still without electricity. This situation has affected the country's education and learning standards in many Universities and Colleges, due to little or no electricity supply on hostels and campuses it makes it difficult to study during night hours without developing health problems such as eye problems resulting from the use of lantern and in most cases death due to too much inhalation of toxic fumes from generators.
This problem of epileptic power supply from 'PHCN' has posed a conundrum that has resulted into series of riots and protests from students in different states and universities. The most recent which involved students from University of Ibadan (UI) who grounded all academic, commercial and administrative activities on the campus and took to the streets bearing placards and banners with various inscriptions, chanting war songs and condemning 'PHCN' for making learning harrowing for them, crying out to the public most of the students made note that they have spent too much on diesel for private generators and Electric bills which are not given to them. Hopefully this problem will be addressed quickly so as to improve the education as well as living conditions of the citizens.

Vision 2020 on the Educational Sector of Nigeria

Vision year 2020 is a dream set out by the federal government of Nigeria, initially by the former president Gen. O. Obasanjo and carried on by the current president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. It's a strategic goal and Vision which aims to launch Nigeria into the league of the top 20 economies by the year 2020, it further entails that by the year 2020 Nigeria would have had a tremendous improvement, to become a country which can be compared to the economic standards of USA. Over the past 5 years lots of developments and projects has being set in motion to help see this dream manifest in the country.
In the Educational sector, it is believed that Nigeria will attain vision 2020 through science and technology. The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Ernest C. Nwapa has affirmed science and technology as the bedrock of development and a means to achieve a viable educational case for the actualization of this dream.
Engr. Nwapa made note on the importance of science and technology in a speech on the occasion of vision 2020 career counseling, industry awareness and youth empowerment, held in lagos a few months ago.
During this workshop a conclusion was revealed that a career in science, technology, oil and gas industry will be of great help to the Nigerian youths and the nations dream, and these career path requires science subjects such as physics, chemistry, mathematics.
Seeing the great opportunity that abound in oil and gas industries, the Federal Government under the leadership of Dr. Goodluck jonathan, signed in to law the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act in April 2010 which was geared towards developing and improving Local indigenous capacity with the view of enabling Nigerians to participate in development of the country's oil and gas industry that would generate an estimated 300,000 job opportunities for Nigerians the next five years.
A country's development without the involvement of youths is an exercise in futility, Nigerian youths are very highly endowed and encouraging them to participate gives them the opportunity to accept new and greater responsibilities.

Understanding the True Risks of Volcano Eruptions

Although many people are aware of the fact that volcanoes are dangerous, there are other risks that people might not be aware of. One obvious volcano risk is the lava comes from a volcano when it erupts. People understand that the lava is hot and can destroy anything that touches it and this fact is what most people think of when they think of volcano risks. However there are other dangers that happen due to a volcano eruption and these dangers are often misunderstood to the general
population.
One important volcano risk that can be even more dangerous than the hot lava is the gases that are released upon a volcanic eruption. These gases are perhaps more dangerous than the hot lava because they travel faster than the lava from a volcano. Lava from a volcanic eruption does not move fast and although it is possible to outrun streaming hot lava. However, gas is airborne and travels faster and the consequences can be extremely hazardous.
One of the poisonous gases that are released during a volcanic eruption is carbon dioxide. If a person is trapped in a cloud of pure carbon dioxide it is possible that they will experience difficulty breathing and might find themselves suffocating. There are other gases that are released into the air after a volcanic eruption and there have been various instances of people who have died from the inhalation of poisonous gases.
Another volcano risk that people do not understand is the volcanic ash. Images of volcanic eruption do not capture the dangers of volcanic ash. Unlike other forms of ash, volcanic ash is not powdery dust that floats
onto the land. Volcanic ash is actually made up of heavy rock and it can destroy any objects that it comes into contact with. This danger is often misunderstood because it appears to be light in the air however it is quite heavy and can rain down and crush anything in its path.
The third volcano risk is the most deadly and has claimed the lives of many people in volcanic eruptions. This risk is the pyroclastic flow. People who are caught in the pyroclastic flow of a volcanic eruption die instantaneously. The speed of a pyroclastic flow from a volcanic eruption is so fast and the hot rock and gas flies out of the volcano.
The pyroclastic flow destroys everything in its path therefore people inside of moving vehicles cannot outrun a pyroclastic flow. Many people are unaware of this volcano risk and they think that the lava or ash from a
volcanic eruption is the most dangerous. However, the pyroclastic flow is the most deadly consequence from a volcanic eruption.

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Ex-Convicts Education in Nigeria

Nigeria educational systems which has shown rapid improvements over the years has now reached out to ex-convicts, with the help of benevolent organizations the opportunity of education is been made available for ex-convicts. The life recovering pre-release empowerment programme also known as project "ONESIMUS" took off in 2009, and has since then produced over 100 university graduates. This project which was set in motion by THE PRISON FELLOWSHIP OF NIGERIA (PFN) in col-laboration with THE NIGERIA PRISON SERVICE (NPS) for the purpose of preparing beneficiaries for a productive life after serving their jail time, to give hope to the incarcerated and rejected inmates and ex-inmates not just for their sake but for the entire society as well.

Nollywood Revival

Cinema entertainment has always been a highlight of places and things, without cinema entertainment is left unbalanced. Nigeria's entertainment industry has always made efforts to measure up to standards following the lead of pioneers Hollywood.
Nollywood's tv shows and movies still needs a lots of work, from the acting, directing, scriptwriting, all the way to the production and marketing, lots of minor and major flaws are made which if corrected will make a positive difference.
It seems Nollywood have simply run of storylines for movies, recent movies are always the same, just with different actors, one can even predict the outcome of a movie just by looking at the title, not subtle at all. Making a good movie requires money but what difference will it make when the other pieces of the puzzle are missing, for instance there is no use of wasting a huge sum of money to make a movie when there are no good or impressive storyline and directing, imagine making a movie titled "MY ONLY LOVE" which is in the same storyline and exactly the same name as another movie titled "MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE" produced on the same year.
Other sectors that has major problems are the duration of movies and the production. It takes Nollywood 2- 3 months to make a movie, why the rush in production. This is a major problem, the hurry and urgency in producing a movie makes these movies worthless. Judging from this, it's obvious that if more time are put into the production of Nigerian movies, it'll yield a great outcome. Great Hollywood movies produced by notable production companies takes at least 10 - 12 months, this helps to fix flaws.
Another issue that still pose a setback is duration of movies, a good movie only take about 1 hr - 2 hrs at most but nollywoods movies takes 3 hrs per movies and the most frustrating part is that most of them always have about two to three sequels. What takes up all the time in these movies, maybe it's because of the irrelevant addition of unnecessary scenes, take for example a man going to work, steps out of his house, enters his car and drives all the way to work. 'what the hell'

The Influence of Teaching Methods and Strategies on the Achievement of Mathematical Science

Nigeria, like many other nations in Africa is suffering from low technological and qualified skilled man-power in almost all fields of human endeavour, especially in sciences thus, there has been some efforts geared towards "western technological transfer and educational resuscitation within the federal and state level," that is to say holistic transfer of western education and technological enhancement growth in the nation's technological and educational acquisitions. As manifested in the percentage increase in budgetary allocation of funds to the educational sector, with the view to achieving scientific technological and economic emancipation