Category: Education

Wale Jagun The acting Dean of Students’ Affairs, Lagos State University, Dr. Abodun Fatai – Abatan, is now an Associate Professor. Sources within the LASU community confirmed his new status to THE IMPACT. The Ikorodu – born university don was in 2023, appointed in the acting capacity to overseas the affairs of thousands of students in the institution. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and bagged his Ph.D in Political Science from University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, in 2017. He is a Digital Electoral Technologist,…

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Jare Olukotun The 2004 set of the Zumratul Islammiyyah Grammar School, Igbogbo, have donated 30 benches and tables to their former school in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of their graduation from the school. The set of chairs and tables were donated by the set to the school at a ceremony attended by staff and students of the school and the national executives of the Zumratul Islammiyyah Grammar School (ZIGS), Igbogbo. Presenting the items, Prince (Rotarian) Adesegun Fatola, President of the ZIGS’04 (Elites Forum), said that they are using the…

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Kunle Adelabu The management of the Kith & Kin Montessori School, Ikorodu, has continued to challenge their students to be excellent in all ways. The latest task came directly from the Chief Learning Officer of the school, Asipa Kaoli Olusanya who sponsored pupils of Grade 5 and 6 on an excursion to Labule, the newest eatery in Ikorodu, on Tuesday. But the excursion was not all about sight – seeing and enjoying the delicious meals with drinks, but was also accompanied with tasks. They were provided with 10 words which…

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Kunle Adelabu The National Universities Commission (NUC) will next week paid a visit to the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) for the resource assessment of its proposed Biochemistry Programme. Officials of the NUC are expected to arrive LASUSTECH on Monday, July 8, for the assessment which is slated for Tuesday, July 9, 2024. This was contained in a statement issued by the institution on Monday. “The university will receive National Universities Commission officials on Tuesday 9th July, 2024, for Resource Assessment visitation on the proposed B.Sc Biochemistry…

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Kunle Adelabu The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities in Nigeria (COPSUN) – Lagos State University of Science & Technology, Lagos State University and Lagos State University of Education, will host its 7th Biennial Conference next week. The Conference, themed, “Effective University Governance: Role of Stakeholders’, will be held between Monday 8th July and Friday 12th July 2024. The opening ceremony takes place at the Mariot Hotel, Joel Ogunnaike GRA Ikeja, while the Conference will hold at the Providence Hotel, Oba Akinjobi Way, GRA, Ikeja. According to the statement on…

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Wale Jagun Two students of the Majidun Senior Secondary School – Ishola Damilola and Fashikun Ashiat, have sustained the excellence performance and the leading roles of the Education District II in the state. The students emerged winners of the 2024 Lagos State Secondary School Taxtrybe Debate Championship with N250, 000 as prize. The exceptional students advanced from the preliminary stage of the competition to semi finals and ultimately, the grand finale. At the final, Damilola and Ashiat presented a meticulously researched debate argument, thereby, contributing to educating Lagosians on the…

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Kunle Adelabu -As Fadugba Ogunlewe family sustains educational development tradition A former Federal Permanent Secretary and head of the Fadugba Ogunlewe Royal Family of Igbogbo, Dr Akinola Ogunlewe, has laid the foundation for the two hostels named after the former Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, Oba Festus Molaja  Ogunlewe and his brother, Prince Amos Olugbosi Ogunlewe, at the Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo. The hostels, which are 100 capacity each, are being sponsored by the Fadugba Ogunlewe Royal Family of lgbogbo, in remembrance of the 50th and 76th remembrance anniversary…

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Wale Jagun The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) chapter, has joined its national body in expressing serious concern over the recent illegal dissolution of Governing Councils in both federal and state universities. The Union members said that the federal government’s action is a direct threat to the autonomy of the institutions. Comrade Tayo Okulaja, branch Chairman, ASUU LASUSTECH, who addressed selected reporters at the institution’s Ikorodu campus, said that the action is illegal and must be reversed. “This action is seen…

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Kunle Adelabu -Canvasses for the need for govt to fund researches, tasks agric institutions Former Minister for Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, has charged schools to establish agricultural societies in secondary schools and grow what students will consume in boarding houses. These,according to Ogunlewe who was also a former Pro -Chancellor, UNAAB, are ways of encouraging farming in our secondary schools. He charged government to task agric institutions in the country on researches and adequately funding to achieve sustainable food production in Nigeria. The chieftain of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC)…

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