Category: Education

Kunle ADELABU   It was a home-coming with nostalgia for many former students of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, as they gathered on the institution’s main campus in Ikorodu under the umbrella of the Lagos State Polytechnic Alumni Association to partake in the ongoing 40 years anniversary of the institution. The occasion was the ‘Alumni Day’ which was held at the 500-Seater Auditorium of the School of Agriculture at the Ikorodu main campus. The event also witnessed the conferment of Fellowship award on the former…

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The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) have agreed to resume talks next week to resolve the ongoing strike by university teachers.   Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, told newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting with the union in Abuja on Thursday that the talks had been fruitful.   Thursday’s meeting was called at the instance of the minister.   “We will resume discussions by next week,’’ Ngige said.   Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, also confirmed that the meeting would continue…

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Kunle ADELABU The Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, Mr Samuel Olayinka Sogunro, is already looking beyond the 40 years anniversary that the school is currently celebrating and projecting for next 10 to 20 years.   The Rector declared at the press conference held at the institution’s Governing Council Chamber on Monday, November 12, 2018, to herald the 40th anniversary of the institution which was initially established as the Lagos State College of Science and Technology by the promulgation of Lagos State Edict No. 1 of 1978 with…

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Kunle ADELABU Oriwu College, Ikorodu (now Oriwu Model College, Ikorodu), a premier school in Ikorodu, was the cynosure of all eyes as the school dominated the academic awards at the 18th Memorial Lecture of Professor A.A. Adegbola,the late former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and an illustrious son of Ikorodu.   The lecture, which is being  organized annually by the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), was held at the Ikorodu Town Hall on Saturday, November 10, 2018.   Oriwu Model College, Ikorodu,…

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-Promotes 3,273 Primary School Teachers The Lagos State Government on Friday disbursed a total of N178, 431,797.76 to families of 57 deceased staff of the State’s Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB).   Speaking during the presentation of cheques to the beneficiaries at the LSUBEB Multipurpose Hall in Maryland, the Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr. Ganiyu Sopeyin said the money formed the insurance package of the State Government for Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff of the Board.   According to him, the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had been faithfully implementing…

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Kunle ADELABU The First Secretary to the Lagos State Government, former Commissioner for Education and former Chairman, Governing Council of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, His Eminence (Asiwaju) Reuben Olorunfunmi Basorun, has urged the management of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, to endeavor to give recognition to its founding fathers.   Basorun, who is also a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision making body of the Lagos State’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC),  drawn the attention of the institution’s management  to this lapses…

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