Category: Education

Wale Jagun -Win 9 Awards at District’s award ceremony The premier college in Ikorodu Division and best school in Nigeria, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, has continued its tradition of winning laurels in academics and other fields as the school and its staff bagged nine awards in the Education District lI, Lagos State. The school emerged as the best school at the District’s 15th annual merit award ceremony held at the Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Senior School, Maryland, on Thursday, July 29, 2021, themed, “Enhancing Excellence In The New Normal”. The…

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Wale Jagun & Rahmon Sulaimon (Trainee) It was a day of honour for Ms. Kehinde Adenike Adelabu, the former Administrator, Joy Victory Schools (VJS), located at Kokoro – Abu, lkorodu, in Ikorodu Local Government, as the school officially sent her forth after over a year that she left the school’s service. Ms. Adelabu retired from VJS in March 2020 after she secured employment with the Lagos State Government as a Secondary School teacher. She was the school's acting head Mistress, Bursar, Secretary, Teacher, Examination Coordinator among other positions of responsibilities…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, has revealed that the state government has reviewed the curriculum for schools in the state. She added the reviewed curriculum is currently being piloted. Mrs Adefisayo made the disclosure during the visit of the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS) delegation, led by its Chairman, Mr Rotimi Erogbogbo, to her office at the Ministry of Education, Alausa, lkeja. She also revealed that the state government is introducing skill acquisition into the secondary school system to accommodate students that are…

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Kunle Adelabu As part of its strategies in engaging the residents through its Community Relations agenda, the Ikorodu – Oga Development Association (IKODASS) held a Stakeholders’ Meeting on Education in lkorodu division at the EROZ Place on Saturday, June 26, 2021. The summit, which was held under the leadership of Mr. Rotimi Erogbogbo, the Chairman of IKODASS, was themed, ‘Education in Ikorodu : Another Look’. As projected, the educational summit comprehensively evaluated the sector, noting the problems and challenges bedeviling it while also proferring enduring solutions to ameliorate the situation…

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Wale Jagun As part of its strategies to engage the community through her Community Relations Committee, the Ikorodu-Oga Development Association (IKODASS) under the dynamic leadership of Mr. Rotimi Erogbogbo, will host a critical stakeholders' meeting to examine the state of education and educational facilities in Ikorodu. The meeting, tagged,’Education in Ikorodu, Another Look’, is scheduled to be held on Saturday, June 26, 2021, at Eroz Place, Borokinni Street, Aga, Ikorodu, by 10a.m. A release signed by the IKODASS Chairman, states stated  that the meeting will take a comprehensive look at…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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