Category: Education

Election Postponement- LASG Review School Calendar

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The Lagos State Government has effected change in the School Calendar following the postponement of the scheduled election dates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Her Excellency, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule who made the decision public said all public and private schools should resume on Monday 18th February, 2019 as against Tuesday 19th February, contained in the earlier reviewed calendar. She informed all the Lagos State School stakeholders and the general public that all schools in Lagos state are expected to close on Friday 22nd…

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LASPOTECH Students Sensitize Voters on Costume Day

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With the general elections just few hours away, Film students of Mass Communication department in Lagos State Polytechnic took to the streets on Wednesday to campaign for a violence-free election. Pedestrian and vehicular movements in the school were halted while the rally lasted as the students defied the hot weather clad in various professional, traditional and religious costumes dancing, singing and bearing placards with various inscriptions. The rally which started from the Department of Mass Communication was taken around the campus community from Faculty to Faculty as the students engaged…

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LASPOTECH CONTISS 15 Migration Crisis: Union Demands Rector’s, Management’s Sack

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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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Oriwu College Honours Students, Staff Members , Others At School’s Honours Day

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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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Tutor-General Commends Ikorodu Schools, Urges Parents To Wait For Court Pronouncement On Hijab

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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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ASUU Suspends Three Months Strike

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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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LASPOTECH: THE FACTS ABOUT CONTISS 15 MIGRATION.

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The agitation for the implementation of Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONTISS 15) migration by the three Staff Unions is an issue that has thrown the Polytechnic Community into unrest since 2016. The CONTISS 15 migration is the movement of staff from one salary grade level to the next level provided the staff meets the necessary conditions stipulated by the NBTE  as listed below: a. Such staff must have been employed before 1st August 2009 b. Such staff must possess the basic academic/professional or both qualifications applicable to his/her competence…

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LASPOTECH: Lagos CP Advises Protesting Union To Seek Redress In Court

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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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Lagos Govt. Introduces French Quiz Competition In Secondary Schools

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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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NUC Okays NOUN’s Master’s Degrees In Business, Public Admin

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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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