Category: Education

Kunle Adelabu The executive council of the Igbogbo Students’ Union (ISU) has released the results of the 2024 JAMB of their members who were offered free JAMB forms. ISU, in a statement on Thursday, by the National President, Comrade Abdulsallam Tijani, described the students performance as a ‘remarkable success’. The union, in achieving its objectives of support for members, sourced for funds from the members and also engaged them in tutorial classes. Over 200 students benefited. “We are overjoyed to celebrate the remarkable success of our students who received free…

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Wale Jagun The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has approved the use of ‘Career Paths and Opportunities For Engineering, Science, Art and Management Students’ in all secondary schools across the state. The approval was confirmed in a letter issued this month and signed by Mr Adedamola Abatan, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry. Authored by Sheriff Lamidi, this comprehensive guide aims to empower students to making informed decisions about their future careers. This landmark approval marks a significant milestone in the author’s efforts to…

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Kunle Adelabu Mrs Ogunmefun Fehintola Folashade, the first runner up in the Best Teacher in the Senior Secondary Schools category in Education District II, Lagos State, has described the honour as incredible and testament to the good efforts put into the impacting of culture of excellence on the students. She received the honour at the recently held Lagos State Education District II 18th Annual Merit Award. Ogunmefun, who is a staff of the Lagos State Civil Service Model College, Igbogbo, received a Merit award in recognition of her invaluable contributions…

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Kunle Adelabu The National Executive Committee of the Oriwu College Old Students’ Association of Nigeria (OCOSAN), during the week, announced the postponement of the milestone 75th anniversary celebration of the premier school in Ikorodu Division. The anniversary, which was earlier scheduled to kick off on Saturday, May 25 and ends on Saturday, June 1, 2024, will now hold in September this year. The postponement was announced in a statement by the National Secretary of OCOSAN, Mr Wasiu Tijani. He stated that all other programmes have been rescheduled except the Founders’…

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Wale Jagun &Mariam Akinloye -Present free NECO forms to four students Former students of the Yewa Gramma School, Ikorodu, under the aegis of Class of 2001, have deplored the decaying state of infrastructures and security in the school, and called for timely intervention. They called on the representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Rep. Babajimi Benson, other elected representatives and stakeholders to, as a matter of urgency, come to the aid of the school by providing buildings, rehabilitate the existing ones and ensure that there is effective security in the…

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Mariam Akinloye The national association of the Oriwu College Old Students’ of Nigeria (OCOSAN), has congratulated the Principals and staff of the premier college in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on the recognition and abd awards of excellence bestowed on the staff of the school, at the recently held Lagos State Education District II 18th Annual Merit Award. Alhaji Muhammed B.S. Arole, National President, OCOSAN, felicitated the school while speaking with THE IMPACT, on Friday. Education District II held its 18th Annual Merit Award on April 30, with…

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Kunle Adelabu An Ikorodu – based social, community and humanitarian group, Auckland Youth, has kicked off its yearly community projects initiative by visiting the Aga Primary School, Ikorodu, to give back packs (school bags) to 30 pupils to aid their education. The initiative, which was tagged, ‘Auckland Youth Back –To – School’, was introduced for this first time this year to add to the group’s annual programmes. Auckland Youth, which has been existing since 2000, was registered in 2004, and has made it a point of duty to embark on…

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Kunle Adelabu Residents of Ikorodu have blamed parents’ lack of proper care and guidance for their children for the poor results recorded in this year’s UTME JAMB examinations, following the release of the results by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with almost 80% failure rate recorded. They reacted to the 2024 UTME results released on Monday, by the examination body on THE IMPACT Newspaper’s WhatsApp platform. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced the release of the UTME results at a press conference held at the board’s headquarters, Bwari,…

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Kunle Adelabu The maiden JAMB examinations conducted at the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) ICT and Innovation Center, have been described as a huge success. A total of 3381 students sat for the examination between April 19 and April 24, 2024, at the centre which is also known as the Barr. SAB Oteju ICT and lnnovation Hub, Ikorodu Town Hall Ikorodu. According to the statement jointly signed by the centre’s Coordinators – Dr Okedeyi Abiodun S. and Dr Abiodun Abatan, 3499 students were expected to write their examinations at…

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