Category: Education

Jare OLUKOTUN For the second day running, academic and non-academic staff unions of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus brought to hold all activities on campus, with the three entrances in and out of the institution shut. The protesting staff members were protesting over salary arrears and de-migration of their salary structure. THE IMPACT gathered that the renewed strike that paralysed academic and administrative activities was caused by the decision of the management to pay the salaries of the academic staff members and withheld that of the non-academic staff…

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The Lagos State University (LASU) on Monday said there was no iota of truth in the rumour being circulated that it planned to increase its tuition soon. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the University’s spokesman, Mr Ademola Adekoya, stated that the rumour was the handiwork of mischiefmakers. “The story is not correct. No iota of truth on the increase of school fees,” Adekoya said. He said the university’s Governing Council also had not made any recommendation for the increase of school fees. According to him, the governing council…

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Kunle ADELABU & Mariam AKINLOYE Civil Service Senior Model College, Igbogbo in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has emerged the winner of the 2nd edition of the Inter-School Quiz Competition. The competition, which was held at the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat hall, on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, was organized by Waves Magazines, an Ikorodu based entertainment tabloid, for students in senior secondary schools in Ikorodu division. About ten schools across the division participated in this year’s edition and competed in General Studies, English Language and Mathematics. The quiz…

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Kunle ADELABU -Independent panel of enquiry must unravel truth about the scheme – Union -State government directed implementation according to NBTE guidelines – Management Rather than abating, the crisis of CONTISS 15 migration that has engulfed the Lagos State Polytechnic for some years now has continued to worsen by the day as members of the National Association of Staff Union (NASU), Lagos Polytechnic chapter, are now demanding for the sack of the Rector of the institution, Mr Samuel Sogunro, and his management team for allegedly telling lies concerning the controversial…

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Kunle ADELABU -Education District II TG/PS commends school The premier College in Ikorodu, Oriwu Model Senior & Junior School, has honoured some of her students with excellence academic performance for the 2017/18 session.   At the well-attended and impressive ceremony held at the school hall on Thursday, February 7, 2019, the school also honored 65 of her ex-students that secured admissions into various higher institutions after graduating from the school in 2018.   Also honoured were staff members of the school who had distinguished themselves former students of the school…

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Kunle ADELABU The Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Education District II, Mr Olusanya Ebenezer Abayomi, has commended schools in Ikorodu for good performance.   He also urged parents to wait for the Supreme Court ruling on the controversies surrounding hijab wearing to schools by Muslim students.   The TG/PS spoke at the Oriwu Senior Model College Honours Day 2018/19 held at the School hall on Thursday, February 7, 2019.   “I have gone round some schools this morning to see what is going on when I arrived Ikorodu today. I was impressed…

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its three months old strike after signing all agreements with the Federal Government. PM NEWS reports that Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President said this while addressing newsmen after a two-hour closed door meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige, on Thursday in Abuja. ASUU had embarked on strike on November 4, 2018 over its demands for revitalidation of universities, academic earned allowances, issuance of Universities Pension Management Company and other issues. According to him, after government…

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