My seven-year-old daughter came home from school a few days ago with an important message from her teacher. “Practice doesn’t actually make perfect,” she informed me. Mindless repetition, going ...

The acquisition of basic surgical skills is a key component of medical education and trainees in laparoscopic surgery typically begin developing their skills using simulation box trainers. However, ...

The debate between skill acquisition and earning a university degree is a nuanced topic that depends heavily on individual goals, career aspirations, and the evolving demands of the job market. Skill ...

Lifelong learning occurs on timescales ranging from moments to decades. People can lose themselves in a new skill, practice for hours until exhausted, and pursue mastery intermittently over decades. A ...

Apart from infrastructural deficiency, poor funding, lack of skilled teachers, and corruption that are militating against sound education in Nigeria, outdated curriculum also poses a major threat to ...

The Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Education in Nigeria has called for a bold overhaul of the country’s teacher education system, with a strong emphasis on skills acquisition and ...

Abba Muhammad is the pioneer Commissioner of the Ministry of Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development in Sokoto State. The ministry was created by Governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto to create jobs ...