The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. — William Arthur Ward Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.— Maggie Gallagher Of late,…
The future readiness of Africa lies with its youth -Adetola Salau
By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverb In the early nineties, I was taking my Junior WAEC exam (the eight grade exam to graduate to High School.) My mother made me learn how to type because she…
Tackling innovation in education for African prosperity – Adetola Salau
Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way. Tom Freston All over Africa, too many schools are operating just like they were 100 years ago, even though the world is very different. For Africa to be…
Tackling the unemployment situation in Africa by boosting future readiness – Adetola Salau
Education is the key to the future: You’ve heard it a million times, and it’s not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to…
A truly holistic education will rid the world of monsters – Adetola Salau
The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others— Grayson Kirk My grandmother liked to tell a lot of stories and…
Get the fundamentals right for the Future readiness of our children
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.” – Bill Gates It is harder than ever to get our students future ready, teaching is tough. Previously in…
Harnessing Technology to create more learning experiences – Adetola Salau
“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” – David Warlick. There are…
Soft-Skills Education is important for African Schools – Adetola Salau
“Through my education, I didn’t just develop skills, I didn’t just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.” Michelle Obama Last week Saturday, we (our social innovation enterprise- Carisma4U ) had our inaugural STEM conference and it was…
Will our actions ever match our words – Adetola Salau
“Measure a man’s worth by his actions alone. For the devil also promises the moon!” ― Avijeet Das I read about the Teacher strikes in America with a great amount of trepidation and anxiety the past two weeks. Of recent, I…
Why Collaboration is Key – Adetola Salau
When you need to innovate, you need collaboration. Marissa Mayer Last year I learned a huge lesson about synergy- the power of collaboration. It made work that would have taken me months and years to achieve; possible. As a scientist and…
