Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu Tortuga Frigate, a humanitarian and Non – Governmental organization, has stated that its educational intervention in providing free National Examination Council (NECO) forms to brilliant and less privileged students who cannot afford it, is an intervention to support the government and parents. 55 NECO/SSCE forms were on Friday, May 7, 2021, presented to brilliant Senior Secondary School students and other less privileged students at a ceremony held at the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) Secretariat in Ikorodu. The group, which has many objectives among which is mentoring of…

Jare Babatunde A humanitarian and developmental platform, Tortuga Frigate, has concluded plans to distribute 55 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) forms, being conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO), to brilliant and less privileged students who cannot afford it. The presentation of the forms to beneficiaries is scheduled to hold on Friday, May 7, 2021, at the Nigerian Union of Teachers Secretariat, (Teachers House), Methodist/Oga Primary Schools compound , Ikorodu. The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Education, recently gave approval for the educational intervention by the group. Com.…

Our Editor The Lagos State Government has announced that all Public and Private Schools in the State should resume for the Third Term of the Y2020/2021 academic session on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. A release issued by the Office of the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, enjoined all school managers to enforce strict compliance with all subsisting protocols to curb the spread of COVID-19, just as they ensure that all students and staff are protected in the State. According to her, OEQA evaluators will be visiting…

Wale Jagun The representative of the Ikorodu Constituency I and the Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, has put machinery in motion to distribute 250 JAMB forms to students in his constituency. Aside  the distribution of the JAMB forms, which is part of the lawmaker’s ‘2021 Educational Development Programme’, the lawmaker will also sponsor the registration and training for the Computer Based Test (CBT) for beneficiaries. According to the statement by the lawmaker’s Directorate of Education, the initiative is part of the four –…

Kunle Adelabu As part of their resolve to always give back to their old schools, members of the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), Class Set of 1997, have perfected plans to distribute 100 ready – made school uniforms to students of the premier college in Ikorodu Division. According to the Chairman of the set, Mr Shakioye Olatunji, speaking at the maiden Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the 1997 set of the premier school, held at the Oteju hall of the Ikorodu Town hall, on Sunday, April 11,…

Wale Jagun -Council Chairmen should act on promises – NAIDS President For about a year, the National Association of Ikorodu Division Students (NAIDS) has been at loggerhead with the six Council Chairmen in Ikorodu Division over the payment of bursary to students in their respective council areas. But the Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Builder Sesan Daini, at a press briefing/interactive session with the media and stakeholders on Monday, April 12, 2021, said that he would pay bursary to all the students in higher institutions in the council within…

Wale Jagun -13 teachers, school administrators get cars It was a defining moment for teachers in  Lagos State  on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented handsome rewards to teachers adjudged to have made quality impacts in the State’s teaching service. Thirteen teachers and school administrators got a brand new car each from the Governor at the Year 2020 Teachers’ Merit Award organised by the Ministry of Education. The awardees were part of the finalists nominated for the grand prize by the Screening Committee led by the chairperson…