Kunle Adelabu Staff and students of Wurabridge Schools located on Henry Ohanugo street, Macaulay area of Bayeku in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Development Area (LCDA), Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, engaged in sanitation exercise to make their host community clean. The exercise, themed, ‘Operation make Macaulay clean’, and led by the founder and Proprietor of the Wurabridge Group of School, Mrs Racheal Fapounda, saw students of the Senior Secondary section of the school going round major streets in the area to pick dirt and to…
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Govt. Should Allow LGEAs Employ Non-Teaching Staff – Oduloye, former Ikorodu Education Secretary
Hon. (Lion) Austen Taiwo Oduloye served as the Education Secretary of the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) in Ikorodu between January 2010 and January 2020. In this interview with Kunle Adelabu, the Publisher/Reporter-in-Chief, THE IMPACT, conducted in his office on the eve of the completion of his second term in office, he bore his mind on various issues among which are Ikorodu LGEA’s achievements under his administration, his relationship with teachers, infrastructural development in schools and expectations from his successor among others. Excerpts: IMPACT – For the record sir, kindly…
Read MoreLabstar Donates Laptops, Trains Oriwu College Staff, Students On Virtual Reality
Kunle Adelabu Labstar.com, a virtual laboratory simulation company based in Denmark, on Tuesday,January 29, 2020, donated 10 laptops to the premier college in Ikorodu Division and one of the best public schools in Nigeria, Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu. The premier College is first to benefit from the gesture of the Danish company out of the ten schools across Nigeria selected for the laudable project. Oriwu College and other schools benefitting from the gesture are also expected to enjoy free 6-month access to Labstar.com facilities in the cloud and training…
Read MoreOhun Ikorodu Education Support Targets 5 University Graduates By 2024
Kunle Adelabu -Presents JAMB/UTME forms to beneficiaries, The initiator of ‘Ohun’ Ikorodu Education Support, a platform which distribute JAMB/UTME forms to indigent students in Ikorodu, Mr Hamza Jimoh, Bsc, Acipmn, LLB, has stated that the target of the project is to produce five University scholars in Ikorodu by 2024 through the gesture. He made this revelation on Monday, January 27,2020, after presenting free JAMB/UTME forms to the first set of the beneficiaries who were screened by a committee. Six beneficiaries, who are indigent students, were presented with the forms at…
Read MoreIkorodu Nominates Five For Education Secretary Position As Ayangbure Assures of Harmonisation
Kunle Adelabu Like the usual intense politicking and conflicting of interests that anything involving political decisions usually generates in Ikorodu, the selection process for the Education Secretary of the Ikorodu Local Government has been a political battle among various power blocs, royalty and other competing interests. As at today, about five names have been sent by various power blocs to Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) which is now facing difficulty on how to handle the situation since Ikorodu is expected to submit one name which it will ratify…
Read MoreNew Primary School Takes Off In Ikorodu On Monday
Wale Jagun A new primary school, Idera Nursery and Primary School, situated beween Odogunyan and Agbede communities in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA), will kick-off operation on Monday, January 27, 2020. The revelation was made by Hon. (Lion) Austen Taiwo Oduloye, the immediate past Education Secretary, Ikorodu Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) , during an interview with THE IMPACT. The new primary school will take the total number of public primary schools in Ikorodu Division to 64. “The LGEA has 63 primary schools and last week, we had…
Read MoreTeachers In Ikorodu Eagerly Await New Dawn As Lion Oduloye Completes Tenure
Kunle Adelabu & Wale Jagun On Friday, January 24, Lion Austen Taiwo Odulye completed his two-term ten-year tenure of five years each, as the Education Secretary of Local Government Education Authority (LGEA), Ikorodu, and many teachers in Ikorodu Division, especially those in the primary school sub-sector, are eagerly awaiting his successor. Oduloye, who was appointed into the position in 2010, succeeded late Alhaji Salau Ayo Oredein. Other former Executive Secretary of the Ikorodu LGEA are Prince Adegbola Amusa and Mr Ogunbegun. Many of the teachers that spoke in confidence with…
Read MoreOhun Ikorodu Education Support Announces Free JAMB/UTME Forms For Indigent Students
Jare Olukotun An Ikorodu-based empowerment and development platform, ‘Ohun’ Ikorodu Education Support, which is an idea of a young entrepreneur, Mr Hamzat Jimoh, has announced its plans for 2020 which include giving out JAMB/UTME forms to brilliant indigent students in Ikorodu. Announcing this year’s edition of the annual education support initiative, organisers stated that the idea is designed to ensure that brilliant young people are not incapacitated by any challenge in their pursuit of academic excellence. “As it is the yearly practice, Mr Jimoh Hamzat (Ohun Ikorodu) will be given…
Read MoreLASUBEB Chairman Assures Lagosians Of New Dawn In Primary Education System
Our Reporter The Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King has assured Lagosians of a new dawn in the State Primary Education system. He stated that teachers across state government-owned schools are now better informed and prepared for the demands and expectations of the 21st primary education system. Alawiye-King gave this assurance on Monday when he visited some schools around Maryland for the inspection of the level of compliance to the resumption date by teachers and pupils of primary schools across the State. He commended…
Read MoreMegaExpresion Publisher Distributes Educational Materials To Pupils To Mark 46th Birthday
Kunle Adelabu In his quest to give back to his community, especially in the area of helping young ones have a great future, the Publisher of Megaxpression, an Igbogbo based community news and the Special Adviser to the Chairman of Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area on Media & Strategy, Mr Shakiru Seidu, has distribute educational materials to the pupils in his former primary school, Ansar- Ul – Deen (A.U.D) Primary School, Igbogbo, in Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA of Ikorodu Division, Southwest, Nigeria. He visited the school on Monday, January 20,2020, to motivate…
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