Category: Education

Oluwakemi Jospeh & Tawakalitu Ashimiyu -Institution maintains strict adherence with COVID-19 protocols. It was a great moment of relief on Monday, September 14, 2020, as students in Higher National Diploma I and II in the Lagos State Polytechnic resumed back on campus after about seven months that the institution, alongside other educational establishments, were closed due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.  The Director, Information and Public Relations of the institution, Mr Lanre Kuye, had last week informed THE IMPACT that Higher National Diploma (HND) I and II students…

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Kunle Adelabu There is every possibility that the process of making the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus, a residential institution will commence this year after 42 years of its establishment. The acting Rector of the institution, Mr Olumide Olushola Metilelu, gave the assurance at the weekend in his address at the Stakeholders’ meeting on the presentation of the Ikorodu Sub – Region Master Plan, held at the 500 – Seater auditorium, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu main campus, on Friday, September 11, 2020.  Mr Metilelu stated that the state government is working…

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Primary schools in Lagos State will not resume on September 21, the state government said on Thursday, as it adopts phase re-opening of schools. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had said recently that primary and secondary schools in Lagos State would resume on September 21, but said the date would be tentative. Special Adviser on Education to the Governor, Tokunbo Wahab, in an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, said even though it was announced that schools would reopen on September 21, it would be done in phases. “Primary school…

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Kunle Adelabu The management of the Lagos State Polytechnic has announced that students of the institution will resume in phases for the post COVID – 19 academic session. Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo –Olu, had announced that tertiary institutions in the state should resume back on campus on Monday, September 14, 2020, after about seven months that they have been closed down due to COVID – 19 outbreak. According to Mr Lanre Kuye, the Director, Information and Public Relations of the institution, Higher National Diploma (HND) I and…

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Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly’s Committee on Education have charged the state government to declare state of emergency on Odogunyan Junior Secondary School and relocate students to alternative accommodations on resumption. Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu, made the call after a comprehensive tour of the school on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, as part of the visitation of the Committee to schools in the state to ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols as schools in the state prepare to resume. Other secondary…

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Wale Jagun The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu has promised to reward 20 secondary school teachers in the state’s Teaching Service Commission(TESCOM) for their excellence service delivery  with a brand new car each. Sanwo-olu, gave the promise at a virtual training programme organised by the State’s Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) for the government-owned secondary school teachers tagged, “Eko Educators Webinar Performance Series 3.3” held on Tuesday. In a statement on the training by TESCOM, the Governor also charged teachers to embrace technology in improving the quality…

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Our Reporter Lagos State Agency for Mass Education has organised a webinar for stakeholders in the education sector as part of activities commemorating 2020 International Literacy Day. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab speaking at opening stated that the International Literacy Day is observed every September 8 to raise awareness and remind people of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights. Wahab noted that this year’s event with the theme “Literacy Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Crisis…

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Kunle Adelabu – Ikorodu Premier College wins more awards The Principal of the Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, Alhaja Abiodun Ogunniyi, who will be retiring after 35 years in service, is exiting the premier college in Ikorodu Division a period the school is winning more awards and honours as the best in the Lagos State. The premier college had, last week, emerged as the Best School in the State and is currently representing the State at the national level.  Alhaja Ogunniyi, the winner of the Best Secondary School Administrator in…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Government has extended the tenure of Mr Olumide Metilelu as the acting Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic by another three months. Metilelu assumed office on Monday, June 1, 2020, in acting capacity for three months after the expiration of the tenure of the former Rector, Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro who completed his 5- year tenure on May 29, 2020. Metilelu’s three months in the first instance will lapse on Tuesday, September 1. The extension was confirmed to THE IMPACT by the Chairman, Governing Council…

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Kunle Adelabu Following the decline in cases of COVID – 19 cases, the Lagos Governor,  Babajide Sanwo  – Olu has ordered the reopening of tertiary institutions and other schools. Sanwo – Olu gave the order at the 18th State – wide briefing on the COVID – 19 pandemic held at the State House, Marina on Saturday (yesterday). The tertiary institutions and other schools were shut six months ago on the order of the Government, following the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. According to the release by the Government, while tertiary…

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