Category: Education

Jare Babatunde The Management of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) has suspended academics and other activities for the forthcoming bye – election. According to the release signed by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr Lanre Kuye, the management of the institution directed that all examinations, classes and other academic activities slated for Saturday, December 5, 2020, the same day the bye – election is scheduled, should  be suspended. It stated that the suspension is to allow staff and students to participate in the election. “This is to enable all…

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Kunle Adelabu The new Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Dr Nurudeen Olaleye, has assured the staff and students of the institution that his emergence will usher in a new dawn in the Polytechnic that has suffered greatly from internal crisis in the last five years. Olaleye gave this assurance in his acceptance speech after he took oath of office as the new Rector of the Polytechnic before the staff and students of the institution at the School of Agriculture auditorium, LASPOTECH main campus on Tuesday, November 1, 2020. He…

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Kunle Adelabu -Governor Council, outgone acting Rector call for return of peace. A new Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Dr Nurudeen Olaleye, on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, was sworn in about six months after the expiration of the Mr Samuel Siogunro’s controversial administration. The Deputy Rector (Academics), Mr Olumide Metilelu, has been in the saddle in the last six months as the acting Rector of the Polytechnic. The new Rector arrived at the School of Agriculture auditorium, the venue of the inauguration, at 12. 10pm amidst loud ovation from…

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Kunle Adelabu Former Head of Service, Lagos State, and the immediate past Chairman, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission (LSLGSC), Bashorun Babatunde Rotinwa, has donated a well-equipped Statistical Laboratory to the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu main campus. The outgoing acting Rector of the institution, Mr Olumide Metilelu, today (Monday), commissioned the laboratory. While speaking during the commissioning, Metilelu stated that the well-equipped laboratory would help the Polytechnic secure accreditation for its Higher National Diploma course in Statistics. Equipment worth several millions of naira provided by the donor in the…

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Kunle Adelabu It was commendation galore from eminent personalities, school managers and pupils as Ikorodu -Oga Development Association (IKODASS) commissioned water projects in three primary schools in Ikorodu Constituency I. The laudable project was solely financed by IKODASS in commemoration of this year’s Ikorodu-Oga Day celebration. The three water projects were constructed in Local Government Primary School, Majidun in Ikorodu West Local Council Area, Holy Trinity/Anglican Primary School in Ikorodu Local Government and St. Saviour Primary School, Gbaga in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area. The commissioning was held between…

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Regal College, Imota, has emerged winner of the 2020 edition of the Imota Students’ Union (ISU) talent hunt in the drawing category. The talent hunts program, which commenced on Wednesday with art exhibition (drawing and painting), featured five secondary schools within Imota Local Council Development Area (LCDA). The schools are Omotara College, Great Kezino College, Regal College, Ansar – Ur – Deen Senior Grammar School, and Imota Community Senior Grammar School. The Students, who were given task on drawing and painting on the theme, “Connecting The Dots”, submitted different entries…

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Kunle Adelabu The 7th edition of the annual public lecture of the Lagos State Polytechnic will hold on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. The lecture, titled, ‘Developing Viable Public Transportation Systems For The Socio – Economic Prosperity of Lagos’, will hold at the 500 – Seater Auditorium, School of Agriculture, Ikorodu main campus of the institution. The Guest lecturer is Prof. Bamidele Abiona Badejo, a Professor of Geography and Regional Planning at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Lagos State, Dr. Frederic Abimbola Oladeinde, will chair…

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Wale Jagun All classes in both private and public primary and secondary schools resumed fully on Monday in Ikorodu after about eight months of closure due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Lagos State Government had, in March 2020, ordered closure of all primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state.  Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, the Governor of Lagos, following the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in August, directed that schools can be reopened for graduating students in primary and secondary schools across the…

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