Category: Education

In its bid to provide quantitative and qualitative basic education in a conducive atmosphere, the Executive Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Board, Dr. Ganiyu Oluremi Sopeyin on Thursday led members of the Board to inspect the on-going 13+1 Classrooms and Office Facility at the African Bethel Primary School, Erikorodo in the Ikorodu Local Government Education Authority of the State. Addressing pupils and stakeholders during the inspection, Dr. Sopeyin said that the State government was committed to providing quality basic education in a conducive atmosphere in all the 20 Local Government…

The management of the Lagos State University, LASU has raised the alarm over plans by some unscrupulous individuals to sabotage the security on campus in a bid to throw the university into confusion. The institution, in a statement on Thursday, January 25, 2017, said it had received credible reports of plans by some unscrupulous individuals to make the institution ungovernable. The management called on the entire members of the University Community [Staff, Students and Visitors to the campuses – Ojo, Ikeja and Epe to be security conscious at all time.…

Wale JAGUN Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday, January 9, 2017, assured Lagosians that his administration will stop at nothing to provide the very best of education for every child at all levels in the State in line with its all inclusive policy. The Governor made this assurance while commissioning the newly constructed block of classrooms and a new school in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State. Governor Ambode, while speaking during the commissioning of the newly constructed 20 classrooms with state-of-the-art facilities at Anglican Primary School in Ikorodu…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday approved the appointment of Dr. Nosiru Olajide Onibon as the Acting Provost of the Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Noforija, Epe. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh in a statement on Thursday said the appointment takes immediate effect. Onibon’s appointment follows the demise of the former Provost, Professor Olurotimi Sikiru Akeusola who passed on early this year. Born on October 13, 1967, Onibon attended Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School Epe (1974-1980), before proceeding to Alaro Community High School,…

–8,419 Students To Benefit The Lagos State Government on Friday, December 2, 2017, said it would commence the disbursement of bursaries and scholarships totaling N635.576million to a total of 8,419 students in the State tertiary institutions on December 27, 2017. In a statement by Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh, the commencement of the disbursement followed the approval of the Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and same was in furtherance of the premium placed on education by the present administration in the State. He said: “Following the…

Kunle ADELABU, Seun AJAYI, Oluwatobiloba ALAKE & Joseph FOLARIN -Parents call for reintroduction of discipline, levy, infrastructure development in public schools   Parents in Education District II have again called for the reintroduction of discipline in public schools and enjoined the Lagos State Government to provide more infrastructures and make school environment more conducive for learning for the teachers and students.   They made these requests at the interactive session they had with the Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS), Education  District II, Mr Olaniyi Gbemi, and education administrators in the district. The…

Wale Jagun, Oluwaseun Ajayi, Modinat Adekojo, Ayobami Adejare & Folarin Joseph The Rector of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, Mr Samuel Sogunro and other resource persons, at the 3-day international conference organized by the institution’s School of Engineering, have called for the diversification of the country’s economy in order to achieve  economic sustainability.   The call was among other resolutions at the Conference which focused on Engineering, Innovations and Technology Development and themed, ‘Science, Engineering & Technology: Imperative For Economic Diversification’ It was held at the 500 Seaters Auditorium at…