Category: Education

Wale Jagun The Scholarship Scheme Committee of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS), has presented free JAMB forms to 43 indigent students in Ikorodu. The beneficiaries were also registered for the examinations by the socio – cultural and development association. A total of 133 applicants were received at the deadline for the call for the applications, while 66 applicants attended the screening by the committee, out of which 43 qualified candidates were picked. The free JAMB forms were sponsored by the Late Jimoh Owode Longe Education Funds, in partnership…

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Wale Jagun The students of the Graceskies School, located in a highbrow Elepe Estate, Aga, Ikorodu, Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Tuesday, February 14, celebrated the Valentine’s Day in a special way. The ceremony took place within the school premises under the supervision of school’s Chief Executive and a retired foremost public school administrator, Alhaja Abiodun Sheryl Ogunniyi, the head teacher, Ms. Bola Ogunniyi and teachers. Aside sharing gift items with one another, each student of the school also got the opportunity to present bags of…

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Kunle Adelabu Lagos State University (LASU) has elected Prof. Olufunsho Omobitan as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics. Prof. Omobitan, a professor of Economics, before his current appointment served as the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, LASU. His appointment as the DVC was announced on Monday, January 30 via LASU’s official Twitter handle. Prof. Omobiatn specializes is development Economics with interested in Public Sector Economics. He served several times as Head of Department 1992 – 1994, 1994 – 1998, 2011 – 2012, 2012 – 2014, and 2016 – 2018. He was the…

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Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS) has called for application from indigenes of Ikorodu for the Late Justice Mubasheer Akanbi Abiru Scholarship Scheme. The scheme is being sponsored by Sen. Tokunbo Abiru. Applications for the scholarship opens 20th January, 2023 and closes 20th February, 2023. Interested applicants are to apply via: https://www.ikoroduoga.com.ng/latejusticemubasheerakanbiabiru. According to a statement released on Thursday by the IKODASS Chairman, Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, the application is opened for all indigenes who are 18 as at their last birthday and in any Federal and State…

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Mariam Akinloye The Lagos State Scholarship Board (LSSB), has slated the oral interview for the 2021/2022 academic session Bursary and Local Scholarship Awards for indigenes for Monday, 23rd and Tuesday, 31st January, 2023, for indigenes of the state. The announcement was contained in a statement signed Mr Abdur-Rahman Lekki, the Executive Secretary, LSSB. According to the statement, students of the Lagos State University (LASU) and Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) are exempted from the exercise. The interview is scheduled to hold at different centres in the five divisions of the state.…

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Kunle Adelabu -Presents white board, computer sets to school It was a big celebration when the 1992 set of the United High School, Ikorodu, converged on Boxing Day last year, to commemorate the 30 years anniversary of their graduation from the school. The ceremony, which was held at the school premises, also coincided with the inauguration of the school’s old students’ association’s first – ever executive body. The members of the set donated white board and computer sets to their alma mater. Family members of some of the members of…

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Mariam Akinloye The Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube has decried the high rate of out-of-school children in the state, describing the situation as worrisome.  Speaking on Monday at a One-Day Stakeholders’ meeting on the Out-of-School Children Survey, held at the Providence Hotel, Ikeja, the Commissioner said the survey is aimed at reducing the worrisome phenomenon of the high rate of children who are not in school, restating that no child must be denied access to education in the State as the present administration has…

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Mariam Akinloye As part of the activities marking the 67th Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU) week, quiz and public speaking competitions were organized for the Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA). At the competition held at the Oba Fatola Pavilion, Adeboruwa Palace, igbogbo on Wednesday, students that represented various schools showed high level of understanding and knowledge with their delivery. The Junior School category of the quiz competition featured five schools: Movers School, Oreyo Grammar School, Zumuratul Islamiyah Secondary School, Fathom School and Reri Grammar…

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Kunle Adelabu It was a highly entertaining and relaxing break from the academic activities when the management, staff and students of the Graceskies schools gathered at the school hall to celebrate the end – of – the – year and Christmas party. Also part of the party were parents and well wishers. The students, who were very joyous to experience the social aspect of academic calendar of the school located in a highbrow and well secured Elepe Estate, Gbasemo, Aga, were seen donned very beautiful and colourful attires. The peak…

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Kunle Adelabu About 1000 stakeholders that attended the 4th Ikorodu Division Education Stakeholders’ Summit, have welcomed the idea of establishing a divisional endowment fund to address the challenges facing education and also assist the government in developing the sector. They gave their approval after the idea was presented at the summit attended by royal fathers, top government functionaries, teachers, parents, students among others. The summit themed, ‘Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education: The Panacea to Nigeria Participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, was organized by the Ikorodu Division Human…

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