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$1m prize for London educator named 'world's best teacher A woman from north London has been announced as the first British winner of a prize worth $1m (£720,000) for the world’s best teacher. Andria Zafirakou, an arts and textiles teacher from Alperton community school in Brent, north-west London, was presented with the fourth annual Varkey Foundation Global Teacher prize in Dubai on Sunday. She collected the honour at a ceremony attended by the former US vice president Al Gore, Tony Blair, and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. In a congratulatory message played during the ceremony, prime minister Theresa May said the award was a “fitting tribute” for everything Zafirakou had done. Zafirakou, who is the first UK teacher to win the award, told reporters: “I was shocked. I was completely overwhelmed. I didn’t realise it was me.” She called for more support for the “power of the arts”, saying schools can make a positive difference in children’s lives through crea...

They killed my son who just entered university — Bereaved father By Simon Ebegbulem, Benin-City and Bashir Bello, Katsina FIVE persons, including a first year student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, identified as Collins Ojierakhi, were feared killed by herdsmen in Ugboha, Esan South-East Local Government Area and Odiguete in  Ovia North-East Local Government Area  of Edo State. About 12 persons are said to have been hospitalized in Benin Central Hospital and other private hospitals in Benin-City, the state capital,  as a result of the attacks. The Ugboha incident occurred on Friday evening as Collins and his friends were reportedly on their way back to the village from Uromi. The father of the AAU student, Mr Festus Ojierakhi, told Sunday Vanguard, yesterday, ¨I am just confused. I was actually in the house eating at about 8pm and I started asking about my son who was not there. I was told he went to Uromi with his friends on motorcycle. ¨It was ar...

The dream turns into reality* The ever conscious New Bridge Hall School debaters turned their dreams into reality as they proved excellently their skills and intellect in the Junior Debate League competition held at New Bridge Hall, 15 Oguntuga Street, Ojokoro Road, Eyita, Ikorodu, Lagos, 14th March, 2018 on the topic "MOST SCHOOLS SUBJECTS ARE IRRELEVANT TO FUTURE SKILLS" It was a competition between NBH School and AtTanzeel School with three debaters and one independent speaker from the two schools, in which NHB debaters supported the motion of the topic while AtTanzeel debaters spoke against the motion. It was a memorable, educative, entertaining and informative program as the two parties communicated their audiences convincingly. It is a fact that the program is not a waste of time to its audiences because every line of each debater's presentation was awesome and full of persuasive messages that are beneficiary to what future demands. The scholars were able t...

Lekan Adebisi, the suspected madman who butchered two four-year-old pupils in Ogun State on Monday, has explained the reason for his action. Adebisi had stormed the premises of St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo, Ogun Waterside LGA and hacked two pupils, Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi, to death. The suspect was nabbed in a bush on Thursday by a team of policemen from Ogbere Area Command. Speaking with journalists after his arrest, Adebisi said he embarked on the action over “frustration”.  See transcript of interview with Adebisi, who most times reportedly sounded incoherent and constantly switched between Yoruba and English. How old are you? I am 28 years old. Are you married or single? I am not married. I don’t have a girlfriend. What do you do for a living? I used to organise private lessons for children and charge N20 per child. Why did you kill two pupils at St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area? ...

Debate Competition between  New Bridge Hall School , Al-Tanzel School , today at New Bridge Hall School Premises. and

A mentally ill man gained access to St John’s Primary School, Agodo, Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun state   and murdered two four year old pupils, Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi. Entire crew of Wisethinkers Educational Services express our heartfelt sympathies  to the family of the murdered children and call for a review of the security system of schools,  especially government-owned school, across the country to stem the growing tide of kidnappings,  killings and other tragedies, which could diminish  the confidence of parents and guardians i...