Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu The screening panel of the Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL) concluded it’s screening of candidates that applied for the 2025 scholarship and bursary schemes on Thursday, with over 300 applicants screened for the three days exercise. The screening which comprises aptitude tests and interviews, started on Tuesday with student applicants across various higher institutions that are indigenes and residents of Ikorodu. The screening exercise which ended today took place at the IDPIL headquarters at Ita – Elewa, Ikorodu. According to the IDPIL Scholarship and Bursary Committee, Mr…

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-Abiru reaffirms commitment to development of young talent About sixty (60) students at the Government College Lagos (GCL) Surulere, who were trained in STEM Education for Senior Secondary School Students, at the school’s STEM Lab which was provided and equipped by the SAIL Empowerment Foundation, showcased various thought-provoking innovations they developed as they completed their nine (9) weeks training. The training was facilitated by STEM Café, (an initiative of Co-Creation Hub (Cc-HUB), Nigeria’s leading innovation and technology hub) for SAIL Foundation. The newly built STEM lab, located within a legacy…

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Our Reporter Education District II has once again demonstrated its leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, as students from the district emerged as top performers at the highly competitive Lagos State 2025 World Robot Olympiad (WRO). At the event, which featured schools across the state, students from Education District II showcased exceptional creativity, teamwork, and technical skills, earning prestigious positions in various categories. For the Future Innovators Category, Ojota Junior Grammar School clinched the first position. Also, in the World Robotic Olympiad, Junior category, Ojota Junior Grammar…

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Our Reporter The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Tertiary Education, has proudly announced the commencement of the Eko Digital Training programme, targeting the youth populations in Badagry and Ikorodu divisions. This comprehensive initiative is a cornerstone of the Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu government’s unwavering commitment to fostering robust educational advancement, cultivating vital entrepreneurial skills and information technology knowledge among the state’s vibrant young demographic. ‎The intensive training is slated to run from July 28 to August 1, 2025, and will be hosted at Iba ICT Centre, Iba Town,…

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The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, through the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), has officially released the approved 2025/2026 Harmonised Academic Calendar for all public and private schools below tertiary level operating within  Lagos State. This approval comes after an extensive and participatory process involving key stakeholders across the public and private education sectors, including school associations, proprietors, principals, education experts, and regulatory bodies. The final version of the calendar was ratified at a stakeholders’ meeting and subsequently received the approval of the Honourable Commissioner for…

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Kunle Adelabu The pioneer Head of Department of Physics, Lagos State University of Education, Dr Okedeyi Sakiru Abiodun, FNIP, Phd., has been promoted to a full professorship status. His appointment as a Professor of Environmental Physics, was announced by the institution on Thursday. Dr Okedeyi was promoted to an Associate Professor in May 2023, and bagged his Ph.D., at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State in 2012 in Environmental Management and Toxicology with Specialization in Radiation Physics. He was inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of…

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Kunle Adelabu -Closing June 30 The Ikorodu Division Peace Initiative Limited (IDPIL) has enjoined students in various public universities, polytechnic and monotechnic across the country that are indigenes or residents of Ikorodu Division, to apply for its annual educational support initiatives – Scholarship and Bursary Schemes worth of 30 million naira. The application portal, which was opened the first week of May, will close by the end of June. This year’s edition is the fourth edition of the scheme which started four years ago. In the last year’s edition of…

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Kunle Adelabu -State officials commend IKIDASS for investing in education The Ibeshe community, under the aegis of Ibeshe Kingdom Development Association (IKIDASS) and in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, has commissioned the Owode – Ibelefun Junior School, Owode – Ibeshe in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), as part of the initiatives to invest in the young ones by giving them good and quality education. The new school has a block of six -classrooms and 10 toilets constructed with the sum of N125million.The new school was handed over to…

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