Category: Education

Wale Jagun The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Olushola Sanwo – Olu, has announced its administration’s plan to set up Lagos State Tertiary Education Trust Fund, in a move that will creatively revolutionise the model for the funding of tertiary education in the country. According to the government, the funding mechanism, when it is eventually executed, will keep all the three Lagos State’s tertiary institutions on the path of sustainability. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the revelation on Thursday, when he received members of the Visitation Panel to the Lagos State…

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Kunle Adelabu The much awaited ‘Back to School’ initiative of the Pepc Foundation, a Non – Governmental Organisatiion (NGO) based in Nigeria and United States of America (USA), which has been impacting across councils in Lagos State with its humanitarian gestures for about five years, kicked –off on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. The team has been distributing educational items such as school bags, socks, branded exercise books, calculators, pencils, pens, erasers and sharpeners, as part of the foundation’s educational support for school children’s resumption annually. About 400 students were presented…

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Wale Jagun -Approves construction of 5,800-capacity hostel on campus It was surprise  another visit by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to the Ikorodu main campus of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, as students of the institution trooped out to give the Governor a rousing welcome. Sanwo – Olu  was on the campus for an inspection of the ongoing construction of the Central Administrative Office and ancillary buildings, which are parts of the requirements for the smooth transition and operation of the university. Students…

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) has announced that it has awarded scholarship to 17 undergraduate students across the Division. The scholarship is in line with the ideas upon which the Group was setup and also part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to the community. The successful 17 students were selected across the division from the following disciplines: Medicine and Surgery; Sciences, Engineering and Technology; Social and Management Sciences and Law and Humanity.The beneficiaries would be presented with N100, 000 each. They are to enjoy the…

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Kunle Adelabu Chieftains of the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiatives Limited/GTE, the security architecture for the Division, has expressed their joy over the quality of students from Ikorodu, especially those studying Medicines, stating that they hold great promise for Ikorodu. Eminent personalities, who are members of the panel that interviewed the over 200 applicants that applied for the first edition of the IDPIL/GTE Scholarship and Bursary Schemes, gave this verdict after the 3 – day screening exercise held at the Leo Regal Hall, Olu – Odo, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area,…

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Kunle Adelabu The presentation of cheques to successful candidates of the first edition of the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiatives Limited/ GTE (IDPIL/GTE) Scholarship and Bursary Schemes will hold on Saturday, September 3, 2022. While 112 applicants attended screening for the Bursary I interview last Wednesday, 48 applicants were screened for the Bursary II scholarship on Thursday, while 55 applicants sat for the Scholarship examination and interview that took place last week Friday. Otunba Ganiyu Olusegun Abiru, Executive Secretary, IDPIL/GTE, in an interview with THE IMPACT, informed that the presentation of…

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Mariam Akinloye As pledged, 19 students have emerged as beneficiaries of the free GCE forms provided by the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS). The initiative, which is part of the annual IKODASS Scholarship Scheme, was sponsored by Late Jimoh Owode Longe Education Fund. But the beneficiaries were not just provided with the GCE forms, they were also registered for the examinations through the Unique Grace Educational Services. The registration, which was handled by the Director of the educational outfit, Mr Adeyemi Benson, took place at IKODASS Secretariat, Ikorodu Town Hall, on…

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Wale Jagun Students in Igbogbo, under the aegis of the Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU), have parleyed with the Lagos State Government in addressing the deficit in educational facilities in the community. In a statement signed by Comr. Ewulogbo Temilade and Comr. Ogunlana Romoke, ISU President and General Secretary respectively, on Thursday, August 18, 2022, the students said that they met with top government officials in the Office of the Permanent, Ministry of Education. The ISU President, Comr. Ewulogbo Temiloluwa, who spoke briefly about the Union, also solicited for intervention in…

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IDPIL /GTE Bursary Award: 11 The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited/GTE (IDPIL/GTE), today, took a further step in the disbursement of its N20million Scholarship/Bursary awards to students of Ikorodu Division with the commencement of screening exercise for candidates for the Bursary I category of the scholarship. A total of 112 students attended the screening which was held at the Leo Regal Event Hall, Olu – Odo in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). A total of 100 successful applicants would be selected for the Bursary I. The screening panel, led…

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