📚 Study Skills & Academic Excellence By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 15 Time Management for Nigerian Secondary School Students: A Practical System Time is the one resource that is genuinely equal. Every student — regardless of school, family income, or state — has 24 hours in a day. What…
🏫 Education in Nigeria By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 14 Why Nigerian Students Struggle With Critical Thinking — And How to Fix It Critical thinking is the ability to analyse information, evaluate arguments, and reach reasoned conclusions. It is the foundation of every worthwhile intellectual skill. And it is…
🎓 Scholarships & Opportunities By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 13 Meet the 2026 BAG Scholars — Announcing This Year’s Winners The moment we have been working towards since the beginning of the year has arrived. It is my deep honour to announce the winners of the BAG Scholar Initiative…
🌍 Global Education Perspectives By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 12 Education as Community Transformation: Why One Scholarship Can Change a Village The essay theme for the BAG Scholar Initiative 2026 asks applicants to reflect on how education can transform their community. I chose that theme deliberately — because I…
👩🏫 Teaching & Pedagogy By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 11 Why English Language Proficiency Is the Foundation of Every Subject In fifteen years of teaching English, the most consistent observation I have made is this: a student’s English language ability is the single best predictor of their performance across…
📚 Study Skills & Academic Excellence By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 10 Reading for Understanding, Not Just for Exams: A Guide for Nigerian Students Most Nigerian students read to pass. A smaller number read to understand. A very small number read because they have discovered that reading itself is…
🎓 Scholarships & Opportunities By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 9 5 Scholarships Every Nigerian Secondary School Student Should Know About in 2026 Opportunities exist. The challenge is that they are rarely announced loudly. This article names five scholarships that are genuinely accessible to Nigerian secondary school students — including…
🏫 Education in Nigeria By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 8 The Role of Parents in a Child’s Academic Success — What the Research Says The research on parental involvement in education is remarkably consistent across decades and across cultures: when parents are engaged in a child’s learning, that child…
🌍 Global Education Perspectives By Dr Ayobami Gideon Babalola · Founder, BAG Foundation · Week 7 What Nigerian Education Can Learn From China’s Classroom Culture I am not suggesting Nigeria should copy China. Every education system is shaped by culture, history, and context that cannot be transplanted wholesale. But after fifteen years in Chinese classrooms,…
