VONO PRODUCTS PLC PLEDGES CONTINUOUS SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN LAGOS STATE

Vono Products Plc has expressed its desire to continue partnering with Lagos State in its drive to achieve quality education to children in Lagos State.

The Managing Director, Mrs. Titi Bakare, made this assertion recently during her visit to the Commissioner for education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye and her management team.

According to Mrs. Bakare who previously worked for 10 years in the Lagos State Teaching Service Commission, Vono Products Plc appreciates the developmental changes being recorded by Lagos State especially in the education sector. She observed that students from Lagos State have been winning laurels both Nationally and Internationally.

Mrs. Bakare also commended the various co-curricular programmes the state has put in place such as Lagos State Schools debate, BRF Quiz, Spelling Bee competition to mention a few.

In her response, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye thanked Vono Products for partnering with education in Lagos State and urged them to sustain the intervention. According to her, whatever success the Ministry has been able to achieve is partly due to the cooperation and support of everyone in the education family.

She used the opportunity to appeal for more assistance especially in the area of capacity building for teachers because they are the ones saddled with the responsibility of imparting knowledge, therefore they need training and retraining.

Mrs. Oladunjoye promised to look at the proposal put forward by Vono Products Plc and find ways by which they can cooperate in order to move education forward in the state.

Managing Director, Vono Products Plc, Mrs. Titi Bakare, Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, Perm. Sec. Min of Edu. Mrs Erogbogbo

Group Photograph

Managing Director, Vono Products Plc, Mrs. Titi Bakare, Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, Perm. Sec. Min of Edu. Mrs Erogbogbo

Mr. Aleshe, Mr. Sutton of  Basic Education Dept. Mrs. Ebun Oladimeji, Director, F/Admin.

Team from Vono

Team from Vono

Desist From Collecting Money For Teachers Recruitment- Lagos Commissioner Charges Education Secretaries

Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye

The Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye has warned education secretaries to desist from collecting bribes in the guise of recruiting primary school teachers saying that employing half baked (unqualified) teacher is tantamount to giving them a bad foundation thereby running the children’s future.

She said this recently y during a meeting she had with the State Universal Basic Education Board members and Education Secretaries in the 20 Local Governments in the state.

How to Get Admission into Lagos State Model Colleges

The only means through which you can get your child admitted into any of the Model Colleges in Lagos State is through the yearly Screening Test organised by the State’s Exaininations Board. It is very important to note that transfer of students from other Model Colleges, private or public schools into these Colleges is no longer possible.
All the Model colleges except Vetland Grammar School have boarding facilities, hence, no admission of day- students.  
The underlisted are the Model Colleges in the State:

• Lagos State Model Junior/Senior College, Kankon, Badagry 

•  Lagos State Model Junior/Senior  College, Badore, Lagos

•  Lagos State Model Junior/Senior College, Meiran, Alimosho

• Lagos State Model Junior/Senior College, Igbokuta, Ikorodu

• Lagos State Model Junior/Senior  College, Igbonla, Epe

• Lagos State Civil Service Model Junior/Senior College, Igbogbo, Ikorodu

• Lagos State Model Junior/Senior College, Agbowa-Ikosi, Agbowa

• Oriwu Model Junior/Senior College, Ikorodu

• Government Junior/Senior College, Ikorodu

• Government Junior/Senior College, Ketu- Epe

• Badagry Junior/Senior Grammar School, Badagry

• Epe Junior/Senior Grammar School, Epe

• Eva- Adelaja Memorial Junior/Senior Secondary School, Bariga

• Lagos State Junior/Senior Model College, Ojo

• Vetland Junior/Senior Grammar School, Ifako- Ijaye 

Apart from the Model Colleges, you can get your children/wards admitted into other public schools in the State through entrance examinations (Placement Examinations).

Lagos State Technical And Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB)

There is certainly an alternative route to Higher Education and Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB) is providing that opportunity with the aim of empowering youths to be self reliant and to be able to create employment for others. 

The Lagos State Technical And Vocational Education Board was established on 13^th July, 2009 by His Excellency, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola.
 

Objectives of the Board?

• To stimulate and encourage technical and vocational education not only as a basis for creating early technical awareness, but also to provide suitable orientation for further learning, entrepreneurship and employment

• To be responsible for efficient management and the establishment of technical and vocational education at the post primary School level

• To ensure and collaborate with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to attract additional resources, information and investments so as to improve the quality of technical and vocational education in the State

What the Board will do

Provide relevant, functional and accessible technical and vocational education for acquisition of relevant and professional occupation.

Prescribe standard skills to be attained and to contribute to review such standard as may be necessitated by current technological trends and the peculiar need of the state.

Ensure that programmes offered in the Technical Colleges (Vocational Centres) conform to National and State policies on Technical Education and satisfy the prescribed requirements and standards.

Ensure that the practicing artisans in the State are trained and retrained in acquisition of skills in modern technology, functional numeracy, ICT and development in the area of record keeping.

Encourage women to enter into a wider range of fields of Technical and vocational education.

Liaise with external examination bodies; enter into International staff and students exchange programmes.

Secure grants and organise credits for students to enable them acquire tools after graduation.

Collate, analyse and publish information relating to technical and Vocational Education in the State.

Inculcate in the public an attitude of respect for and the appreciation of the role of technology in the society.

Expand the facilities for the training and retraining of technical teachers and ensure that these teachers are exposed during and after training to modern industrial experience.

How many Technical colleges do we have in Lagos State?

Presently, there are five technical colleges in the State, they are:

Government Technical College, Agidingbi

Government Technical College, Ado- Soba

Government Technical College, Ikotun

Government Technical College, Ikorodu

Government Technical College, Epe

  

All the above colleges are under the care of LASTVEB

Do you wish to be enrolled/ admitted into one of the colleges? Below are the entry requirements:

S75

JSS- Junior Secondary School

SSS3- Senior Secondary School 
 

A quick look at various courses offered at the college:

Blocklaying and concreting

Furniture craft practice

Painting and decorating

Plumbing and pipe fitting

Electrical installation

Fabrication and welding

Mechanical engineering craft practice

Catering craft practice

Graphic Arts

Printing craft practice

Book Keeping (Accounting)

Secretarial Studies

What do students stand to gain?

• Academic progression to University/Polytechnic

• Self employment

• National Qualification (NABTEB/NTC/NBC)

• Self- Reliance and Economic Empowerment

• Creation of Employment and wealth

• Trade Test I, II, III

• LASTVEB Competency Certificate I, II, III

It is worthy of note that LASTVEB collaborates with the following Private and global partners:

Automedics Limited
Hackney Community College, London http://www.hackney.ac.uk/

Institute of Technical Education, Singapore(ITE)

MTN Youth Skill Development Project

Samsung Nigeria Limited

For further information, contact any of the above Colleges or better still, LASTVEB Headquarters at Block 9, Old Secretariat, GRA, Ikeja- Lagos (Not far from the Police College or Lagos High Court, Ikeja)

You can also logon to the official webpage of lastveb here
You might also be interested in the following:

Entrance Examination into Lagos State Technical Colleges

Lagos State Scholarship/Bursary Awards

Addresses of Education Districts and Names of Tutors General/Permanent Secretaries