Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu Divisional Parents’ Forum has reiterated its position that the Odogunyan Junior Community Secondary School is a community institution which must domicile within the Odogunyan community area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The forum made the assertion on Wednesday, after a meeting between the executives of the Ikorodu Divisional Parents’ Forum and that of the Odogunyan Junior Community Secondary School, at the premises of the Odogunyan Junior Community Secondary School. The concerned parents, who said that they were aware of the visit by the officials…

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Wale Jagun -As Perm Secs, other officials visit school twice In 2 days The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, Mr Abayomi Abolaji, Tutor – General/Permanent Secretary, Education District II, Mrs Arike Adekanye and other officials of the Ministry, have visited the Odogunyan Junior Secondary School, twice in two days in an attempt to find lasting solution to the dispersal of students of the school, following the demolition of the defective buildings in the school, following the directive of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Other buildings in the school…

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Mariam Akinloye -As grand opening suspended Although, the planned grand opening of the newly established Ibelefun Junior Secondary School, Ibeshe in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, facilitated by the Councilor representing the area, Hon. Arowolo Mathew Kolawole and the Joint Community Development Association, could not hold as planned, dignitaries and residents that were at the school on Monday commended the development. It was gathered that the officials of Ministry of Education that visited advised against any ceremony as they said that the school still…

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Kunle Adelabu -We have lost many children since moving them to High School – Parents lament Stakeholders and parents of students of the Odogunyan Community Junior Grammar School, have kicked against the decision of the Lagos State Government to move the school to the Ikorodu High School, following the demolition of some of the defective structures in the school aftermath of the declaration of state of emergency in the school by the Lagos State House of Assembly, in September 2020. The Assembly had directed the Tutor – General/Permanent Secretary, Education…

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Kunle Adelabu Hon. Arowolo Mathew Kolawole, Councilor representing Ward C4, Igbogbo/Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) has continued to prove why he is the number one representative, not only in Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, but also in the entire Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, as the junior secondary school that he facilitated is ready to commenced operation. Arowolo announced that, he and the Joint Community Development Association will tomorrow, Monday, September 4, performed the grand opening of the Ibelefun Junior Secondary School with six blocks of classrooms, while 200…

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Mariam Akinloye The House Committee on Tertiary Trust Fund (TETFUND), House of Representative during the week, visited the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), to inspects projects being executed by the Trust Fund. The visit was part of the committee’s inspection tour of TETFUND projects across universities in the South West region. The committee inspected some of the completed and the ongoing projects at the Ikorodu Campus of the university. According to the committee, the purpose of the visit was to assess the TETFUND projects in universities so…

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Kunle Adelabu -Community requests for more state, council interventions In less than two months, after the intervention by the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL) to rebuild the two dilapidated structures at the Local Government Primary School, Oreta in Igbogbo.Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, the main structure in the school, which is a block of six classrooms and 12 toilets, has been fully rehabilitated and ready to accommodate the pupils when they resume for session in few days time. IDPIL had announced…

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Kunle Adelabu & Mariam Akinloye -Best three students get laptops, training at SAIL, free Wifi 70 students from different schools and locations in Ikorodu Division, on Saturday, graduated from the first edition of the ICT Launchpad Program organized by the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), in partnership with ZKT, as the three best students received a laptop and bag, each. They also received free Wifi from the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru who was the special guest of honour at the graduation ceremony.Abiru announced…

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Kunle Adelabu The best two graduating students of the Andus D’Great Schools, lgbogbo, have attributed their excellence performances to the school’s engaging drilling, consistency and God. The students – Dosunmu Fadil and Ekpendu Olachi, best student in WAEC and Best student in JAMB, respectively, alongside other students, were honoured during the 2023 Valedictory and Graduation Ceremony held at the school premises along the Offin/Oreta road, Igbogbo, on Friday, August 25, 2023. Both students spoke with THE IMPACT at the ceremony. A total of 26 SSS 3 students were graduated with…

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Kunle Adelabu The Director of the National Open University, Ikorodu Model Center, Prof. Ajibola Kazeem Oluwatoyin, a Professor of Applied Mathematics, has stated that the Federal Government has invested N1bilion in bring the model facility to lkorodu, stating that the centre is special to the community. Prof. Ajibola, who, was the immediate past Dean, Faculty of Sciences, Lagos State University (LASU), also revealed how long he and an Igbogbo – born retired Professor of Mathematics, Prof. Michael Ajetunmobi, have been in the pursuit of bringing the NOUN centre to Ikorodu.…

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