Category: Education

Maryam Akinloye Some concerned residents and parents of the students attending Odogunyan Junior Grammar School, Odongunyan in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area, have described the report  by an online news platform that the school prevented its students from collecting their West African  Examination  Council (WAEC) Number as untrue and a figment of the reporter’s imagination. The online news platform had, according to report, reported that students of Odogunyan Junior Grammar School were denied the collection of the WAEC Exam Number by the school. THE IMPACT newspaper’s attention was drawn…

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Wale Jagun Keke Senior Grammar School, Agege, Lagos, has emerged the winner of the Y2020 Lagos State Schools Governor’s Quiz competition with 14 points. Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu with 12 points and Lagos State Senior Model College, Kankon, with 10 points for the second and third positions respectively at the competition held on Friday.. Speaking at the grand finale of the competition for Primary, Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in the State, the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo revealed that this year’s competition held virtually is in…

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Wale Jagun Ahead of the partial resumption by terminal students, the Lagos State Government has intensified the periodic fumigation/decontamination of all public secondary schools. In a release on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Mrs. Aderonke Odeneye, it was stated that majority of the public secondary schools in the six educational districts have been reached. While adding that the exercise was part of the resumption protocol/guidelines for the secondary schools in the State, Odeneye emphasised that Lagos has continued to adopt measures to ensure that the spread…

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Government has directed all the Senior School 3 (SS3) and Technical Study Three (TEC3), students in both day and boarding schools in the state to resume on Monday, August 3, 2020. The directive was in line with the Federal Government’s pronouncement, directing students in exit classes across the country to resume on Tuesday, 4th of August, 2020 for revision classes ahead of their forthcoming examinations. The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, stated that this is…

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Kunle Adelabu  The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu has appointed three illustrious Ikorodu sons into the Governing Councils of three out of the four State-owned tertiary institutions. Sanwo – Olu, on Wednesday (yesterday), approved the appointment of Chairmen and members of Governing Council for the four tertiary institutions in the state. The institutions are Lagos State University (LASU), Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED), Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED). Prof. Adebayo Ninalowo, a Professor of Sociology and member of…

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Kunle Adelabu Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday approved the appointment of Chairmen and Governing Council members for the four State-owned Tertiary Institutions. The institutions are: Lagos State University (LASU), Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED), Lagos State Polytechnic LASPOTECH) and Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED). In a statement signed by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri- Okunola, the Governor said the tenure of Office of the newly appointed Governing Council members would take effect from 1st August 2020, following the expiration of the…

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Wale Jagun  The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, NPOM, has vowed to leave the institution in a healthier financial state than he met it when he assumed office.  Fagbohun, the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the foremost state university, whose 5-year tenure will lapse in January 2021, gave the assurance on Tuesday, 7th July, 2020, when the LASU Financial Sustainability Committee submitted its report to him at the Vice Chancellor ‘s Conference Room, Senate Building, Main Campus, Ojo.  While commending the Committee, under the Chairmanship of Prof.…

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The Lagos State Government has kicked off the ‘Jobs Initiative Lagos’ programme for youths in eight Lagos-based tertiary institutions. The programme was designed as a complementary training for students in final and penultimate year in entrepreneurship, employability and basic digital skills required for the workplace. A statement issued today by the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, noted that the essence of the programme is to fill the documented gaps in the current curriculum that is essential in the employment market and enhances…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Government, on Friday announced August 3, 2020 for re-opening of schools in the state for JSS 3, SSS 3 and other students in exiting classes. The Governor of Lagos, Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, making the announcement at a media briefing, said the resumption is for those in transitional classes. He said the decision was taken after a meeting with stakeholders in the education sector. “We just finished a very long meeting with various stakeholders in the education sector. That is what has kept us for…

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