The Future is not what it used to be- Africa and Education of Tomorrow by Guest Writer

June 25, 2020     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Why the US got it right Every three years the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) carries out the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). This assessment measures what more than 600,000, 15-year-old students have learned in math, reading and science. Similar to many years, in 2019 US scored below average in mathematics. The US student’s scores were similar to those of Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom in at least two subjects. On receiving this latest report, the US Secretary for Education, Betsy DeVos said, “The bottom line is there has not been a single…

Branding the English Language

January 14, 2020     / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

In human history, the first means of communication known to human beings are drums and horns while the oldest written records found are Sumerian and Egyptian. It is reported that language is at least 50,000 years old therefore, language is a means of communication that allows us to interact with one another, exchange information in order to understand each other and convey knowledge to have a collective and individual impact. With various ways of communicating, including but not limited to, non-verbal and verbal communication methods, language is a cultural trait that is often disregarded from the branding equation. Acknowledging the…