Category: Education

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Imohimi Edgal has advised the protesting members of the Non- Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Lagos State Polytechnic to approach the court in seeking justice if they think the Lagos State Executive Council’s decision on the implementation of CONTISS 15 Migration was wrongly implemented. In a statement released on Wednesday by the institution’s Deputy Registrar (PR/Information), Olanrewaju Kamorudeen Kuye, it stated that police chief at a peace meeting held Tuesday, warned the union not to jeopardize the peace in the state and seek…

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The Lagos State Government, through the Multilingual Centre, has introduced a new Quiz Competition to the extra-curricular activities of Secondary Schools with the maiden edition of a French quiz competition tagged: “A LA CONNAISSANCE DE LAGOS” – meaning “How Much of Lagos Do You Know”, held at the Immaculate Heart Comprehensive School Hall, Maryland. 18 Schools drawn from the Six Education Districts competed at the Grand Finale of the maiden edition of the competition which saw Sito Gbetrome Senior Secondary School, Seme, Badagry winning the star prize, while Ikeja Senior High…

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved for the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to run master’s degrees in Business Administration and Public Administration. This followed the release of an accreditation exercise carried out by the regulatory body for postgraduate programmes of the university. Ibrahim Sheme, NOUN’s Director, Media and Publicity, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said both programmes had received full five-year accreditation. In a communication received by the NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, dated 15th January, 2019, the NUC told the university it could now…

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Wale JAGUN The protest that rocked the Ikorodu main campus of the Lagos State Polytechnic on Monday (yesterday) was against the implementation of the Alignment of Nomenclature, it has been revealed.   Aggrieved staff members had laid siege on the campus chanting solidarity songs to stop the management from implementing the directive of the State Government.   The institution’s Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr Lanre Kuye, while speaking on phone with our reporter on Tuesday (today), on the alleged demotion and pay cut by the management of the institution, stated that…

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Wale JAGUN Hundreds of members of the academic and non-academic staff of the Lagos State Polytechnic on Monday, January 21,2019, laid siege on the institution’s Council Chamber at its Ikorodu main campus where the Rector, Mr Samuel Sogunro, and other management staff members were holding a meeting. THE IMPACT gathered that the staff members were protesting over alleged demotion and pay cut by the institution’s management. It was also gathered that the siege lasted for hours and prevented the Rector and others at the meeting from leaving the Chamber until…

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The Lagos State Government has released the timelines for admission into its16 Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary schools, just as the sale of forms for the Screening of Primary Six pupils into the Schools is scheduled to commence from Monday 14th January 2019 till Friday 26th April 2019. According to the Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, Mr. Olufemi Hassan the screening test for this year’s academic session will be in two parts – the Computer Based Test (CBT) and Paper Pencil Test (PPT). While noting that the registration form…

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The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) reached possible agreement on Monday toward resolving the ongoing lecturers’ strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this after a reconciliatory meeting with ASUU in Abuja. Ngige said the meeting was fruitful as an agreement had been reached between the Federal Government and the striking university lecturers. According to him, the Federal Government has released N15.4 billion for the payment of the salary shortfalls, which was one of the major demands of the union. “On the…

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Wale JAGUN The immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ikorodu branch, Executive Member of the State Chapter of NUT and the Ikorodu branch Chairman, Association of Primary School Heads of Nigeria (AOPSHON), Asiwaju Lateef Babatunde Oduguwa, on Friday, December 14, 2018, performed his last official assignment as a teacher and as an employee of the Lagos State Government amidst honours and commendations from colleagues and subordinates.   Oduguwa arrived Oga Primary School, where he was the Head Teacher until Friday, around 7am and supervised the cleaning…

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