The Future of Learning
The Independent Schools Examination Board (ISEB) Common Pre-Tests are standardised measures of ability and attainment taken when students are in year 6 or occasionally in year 7. They can only be taken once in any academic year. The senior schools to which students apply register students for the ISEB Common Pre-Tests.
The adaptive tests are created for ISEB by GL assessment. Adaptive means that the test gets harder when the student answers questions correctly and easier when the student answers the questions incorrectly.
The ISEB Common Pre-Tests are computerised tests which comprise of four multiple-choice assessments: English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning.
The time allowed for each test is as follows:
- English | 25 minutes;
- Maths | 50 minutes;
- Verbal Reasoning | 36 minutes; and
- Non-Verbal Reasoning | 32 minutes.
No state in Nigeria can boast of free education – Soweto
He said this at the closing of 2018 ERC free holiday coaching lesson organized for students in Ajegunle, and held in Nawair U Deen Primary School, Arumoh street. At the events which saw gifts presented to overall best students in all the classes and that had the presence of Daggar Tolar , a renowned poet and former Nigerian Union of Teachers , NUT chairman Ifelodun- Ajeromi among other dignitaries , Soweto said that ,”
The government is being insincere and dishonest when they say they are providing free education under the education for all project that began over a decade. In Lagos state website, for instance, the said claim is made.
Children faced with Learning Challenges
Parents whose children are faced with learning challenges can now heave a sigh of relief as special school for special needs education berths in Lagos. In spite of the promulgation of section 8 of the National Policy on Education which states that children with special needs education should be attended to, many public and private educators are yet to fill in this gap. The policy describes special needs education in Nigeria as “a customized educational program that is designed to meet the unique needs of persons with special needs that the general education program cannot cater for”