Category: Education

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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Kunle Adelabu The acting Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Mr Olumide Metilelu, has disclosed that the foremost institution of technology in Nigeria is ready for collaboration in its efforts to impact on the larger society.  Mr Metilelu said that the institution has many services and products that can benefit the people and improve the institution’s capacity in is remarks at the Ikorodu Constituency I Stakeholders’ Meeting held at the 700 – Seater Hall, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu Permanent campus, on Thursday, October 29,2020. .“We want to collaborate with our…

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Mariam Akinloye The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state beginning from Monday, November 2, 2020, while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo disclosed adding that this year had been an unprecedented with the recent happenings that had led to frequent closure of schools with attendant learning disruptions. “We pray and hope that there will be no more disruptions in the academic calendar. However, the…

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Wale Jagun This year’s World Teachers’ Day celebration would, no doubt, remain memorable and evergreen in the minds of teachers in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, as the leadership of the Ikorodu branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) offered them  triple celebrations. The celebration, which is annually observed globally, was commemorated on Monday, October 5, 2020, with the official commissioning of a Gym/Cooperative House and presentation of ‘Dream’ cars to ten teachers. The Gym/Cooperative House was named after the late educationist and community builder, Late Solaja…

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Kunle Adelabu -Presented with brand new bus It was yet another day of honour in Abuja for Oriwu Model College, the premier College in Ikorodu area of Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria , as it was honoured Oriwu College honoured with President’s Excellence Award As Best Public Senior Secondary School In Nigeria. The award was presented during the 2020 World Teachers’ Day held at the Eagle Squares, FCT, Abuja, on Monday, October 5, 2020. Mrs Adenike Adekanye, the Tutor – General/Permanent Secretary, Education District II, and Alhaja Abiodun…

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