Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu -Calls for applications for its Launchpad Season III The initiative of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) to set up the Oteju ICT & Innovation Hub with 230 systems, has received commendations. The hub, which is an initiative of the Alogba E – Library & Research Centre, under the IDRDG, will also serve as a Computer Based Test (CBT) examinations centre for JAMB, WAEC and NECO. Aside the senior secondary and post senior secondary school examinations, the centre will also serve resource centres for the National Open…

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Kunle Adelabu -Donates modern textbooks to all 33 senior secondary schools The Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), has charged the Principals and entire Senior Secondary School students in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, to produce top students in WAEC and JAMB this year. To motivate the students, the Group through the Town Hall Management Board (ITHMB), on Friday, donated textbooks on various subjects and compilation of WAEC and JAMB questions to all the 33 senior schools in the Division, at the Ikorodu Town Hall. The Group also charged the…

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Kunle Adelabu The Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), is ready for another landmark celebration of the premier college in Ikorodu Division and one of the best secondary schools in Nigeria, Oriwu College Ikorodu. The school, which will be 75th on May 29 this year, is now known and called Oriwu Senior and Junior Model Colleges, Ikorodu, following the restructuring of the educational system some years back. To achieve this, the OCOSAN National President, Alhaji Muhammad Busari Soyebo Arole, FCNA, inaugurated a 21 – man planning committee to…

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Kunle Adelabu The overall best student in Lagos State University of Science & Technology (LASUSTECH) for the 2022/23 session, Master Ogunbiyi Jubril Olamilekan, a 200 level Accounting student in the Department of Accounting, College of Applied Social Sciences, has attributed his excellence performance to the need to be great in life, having come from an average background. Ogunbiyi, who emerged as the institution’s scholar with a reward of free tuition announced by the institution and N75, 000 as scholarship by Prof. Adebisi Balogun of the College of Agriculture, also pointed…

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Kunle Adelabu -Commends LASUSTECH inauguration of founder’s day Prof. Oluwatoyin Temitope Ogundipe, FAAS, FAS, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), has urged governments at all levels to invest in innovation, science and technology, in order to develop sustained economy. Ogundipe, who was the guest speaker at the inaugural Founder’s Day of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Ikorodu, emphasized that such investment promotes competitiveness, sustainable economic growth, and general prosperity. The inaugural Founder’s Day lecture, themed, “Nation Building Through Innovation, Science and Technology”, took place at the…

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Kunle Adelabu -Gets free tuition, other award Mr Ogunbiyi Jubril Olamilekan, a student studying Accounting in the College of Applied Social Sciences, has emerged as the overall best student for the 2022/23 session in Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH). He scored 5.0 CGPA to emerge as the overall best student. He was honoured at the inaugural edition of the institution’s founders’ day on Friday. Announcing the outstanding performance of the young Accounting student, Prof. Olumuyiwa Omotola Odusanya, Vice Chancellor, LASUSTECH, said the university prides in excellencw, the…

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Kunle adelabu The newest doctoral degree awardee, Dr Taiwo Okeowo, of the Department of Mass Communication, Lagos State University of Science & Technology (LASUSTECH), has assured that his academic elevation – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree, will be of great benefit to his Department, Faculty and the university environment at large. Okeowo, whose thesis titled, “Framing of Farmers and Herdsmen Conflicts in Selected Nigerian newspapers”, earned the highest academic degree, said that his main focus will now be on research and expecting support in terms of grants from his faculty,…

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Wale Jagun EasyGold Initiative for mental health awareness has launched a mental health programme for indigent students, as part of its efforts to combat mental challenges in the society. The initiative titled, “Empowering Education, Elevating Mind”, was inaugurated at the Epe Campus of the Yaba College of Technology (YABAYECH), on Wednesday. The programme is targeted at indigent students from various departments of the institution. To execute the programme, EasyGold Initiative collaborated with the faculty Associations, to identify eligible beneficiaries based on predetermined criteria. Food packs, containing essential items, ensuring nutritional…

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Kunle Adelabu About 300 Chemistry educators across Lagos State were engaged by resource persons on new ways of teaching the subject and making it interesting to students in their classrooms. Speakers at the maiden One – day seminar for Chemistry Teachers tagged, “Chemistry for Life and The Classroom”, emphasized the need to making the subject interesting for students to learn by using its importance and relevance to students’ daily lives and the continued existence of the society. The programme, organized by the Chemistry Teachers Association of Nigeria (CHETAN), Lagos State,…

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