Category: Education

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo has welcomed students of both Public and Private Schools as they return to school for the 2nd Term 2019/2020 Academic Session on Monday, January 6. A statement issued on behalf of the Commissioner by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni clarified that students of Private Schools and Public Senior Secondary Schools will resume on Monday 6th January, 2020 while all Public Primary School students are expected to return for classes on Monday 20th January, 2020. The release urged…

Kunle Adelabu -As Class of ’89 donate benches, chairs The Lagos State Government on Thursday, December 19, 2019, commended the Ikorodu Grammar School Old Students’ Association for their support for their old school and for assisting the government in improving education. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr Shamsideen Allison. P.S. Office of the Special Adviser on Education, gave the commendations when members of the Class of 1989 of the Ikorodu Grammar School Old Students Association donated 50 benches and chairs to both junior and senior schools of their alma…

Wale Jagun Lagos State Government has promised its continuous support for the study of science and technology in state schools as a way of dealing with 21st century challenges. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the year 2019 Science Camp held at the Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo in Ikorodu Division, Southwest of Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Hakeem Fahm, said that this is crucial in improving the productivity of our youths and more importantly, for the achievement…

Lagos State Government has adjusted the 2019/2020 closing and resumption dates for schools in the State, emphasising that the new dates only affect public primary schools. A statement issued by the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy noted that the closing and resumption date earlier given for private schools and government secondary schools remain unchanged, hinging the change in dates for public primary schools on the need to implement extensive retraining of teachers and prepare them for the 2020 session. “Please note that the curriculum of Lagos State private…

Jare Olukotun The panel constituted about two weeks ago by the Governor of Lagos State and Moderator to the Lagos State Polytechnic, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has requested for the submission of memoranda from stakeholders in the institution and members of the public. The Visitation Panel will look into the protracted crisis bedeviling Lagos State Polytechnic as a result of persistent trade issues between the Governing Council of the institution/management and three staff unions. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education (OSAE), Mr Tokunbo Wahab, made the composition of the panel…

The fourth edition of ReadySetWork, RSW, initiative by the Lagos State Government kicked off on Saturday, November 23,, 2019 with strict warning to the participants to be guided by the RSW rules or get disqualified from the programme. The programme which would continue for the next 12 Saturdays of 6 weeks interactive training session and 6 week on line session within the campuses of Lagos State University, LASU Ojo and Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu was flagged off at both institutions. The students were advised to play by the set of…

Wale Jagun The first Secretary to the Lagos State Government and former Commissioner for Education, Asiwaju Olorunfunmi Basorun, has charged administrators and teachers in public schools across Ikorodu Division to always bring the state of infrastructure in their respective schools to the attention of political leaders in the division. The elder statesman gave the charge at the award ceremony organized in honour of Mrs Iyabo Agnes Elusakin, the Best Teacher in Nigeria and Alhaja Ogunniyi, who was honored for her feat in 2017 when she emerged as the Best Principal/School…

Kunle Adelabu The 2019 Best Teacher in Nigeria, Mrs Iyabo Agnes Elusakin, and Principal of the Oriwu Senior Model Ikorodu, Alhaja Abodun Ogunniyi, were on Thursday, November 21, 2019, honored by the Ikorodu Division Women Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC). At the well-attended ceremony held at the Ikorodu Teachers House located withn the premises of Oga/Aayngbure/Methodist Primary Schools in Ikorodu, the two outstanding teachers were presented with Excellence Awards. While Mrs Elusakin was honoured for emerging as the 2019 Best Teacher in Nigeria, Alhaja Ogunniyi was honored for…