LASUSTECH Watch

Eke van Victor The Non-Academic Staff Union has reportedly promised not to disrupt the ongoing First Semester examinations. In a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union Government, Osaye John Taiwo on Tuesday, the embattled staff union was said to have made this stance known through a media release to the News Agency of Nigeria and The Punch Newspaper on Monday. The union however posited that the examinations will not be disrupted but basic services within its purview such as Power generation, water and medical services will not be allowed to function. Speaking with newsmen yesterday, Mr Abiodun Awoyemi, Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, LASPOTECH chapter, said “We have ensured that our members are not at work to provide essential services and also ensure that any services under our purview provided by some hired workers were disconnected." “We have been moving round the campus to ensure full ...

Ella Ilesanmi A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. For this reason, year one students in the department of Mass Communication, Lagos State polytechnic recently organized a Yoruba day event which was used to display the various norms and values of the Yoruba culture. It was indeed a sight to behold as the students came out in various groups clad in traditional attires to display dance steps, food, traditional marriage rites and even music performance. There were groups like; Ekun Iyawo,   Obitun, Orisa Ibeji, just to mention a few. Students who are not natives of Yorubaland were however not left out of this huge event as they participated in the various groups having had series of rehearsal sessions. The event which was organized for the students to display what they had learnt in the Yoruba Language Class during the Semester was used as the Continuous Assesment show and groups were graded ...

With the general elections just few hours away, Film students of Mass Communication department in Lagos State Polytechnic took to the streets on Wednesday to campaign for a violence-free election. Pedestrian and vehicular movements in the school were halted while the rally lasted as the students defied the hot weather clad in various professional, traditional and religious costumes dancing, singing and bearing placards with various inscriptions. The rally which started from the Department of Mass Communication was taken around the campus community from Faculty to Faculty as the students engaged other students, traders, staff, shuttle drivers and passengers on the need for everyone to stand up united in the fight against election misconducts such as stealing of ballot-boxes, boycotting of elections, vote-buying and most importantly, election violence. The course lecturer, Mr Steve Anu Adesemoye in an interview pointed out that the Costume day is a “yearly rite that is spec...

This period in Lagos State Polytechnic has been shrouded in uncertainties as a result of the ongoing NASU strike which will be in its fourth week next week. Orientation and Matriculation ceremonies for freshmen have been postponed indefinitely and several other activities have been grounded on Campus as a result of the strike. This week on Six Minutes with Laspotech Press Club, our correspondent, Abiola Okunlaya takes us on a journey into the heart of the school’s main campus as she samples students opinions on the ongoing strike.  Watch the Video Below

Olanrewaju K, Kuye The agitation for the implementation of Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONTISS 15) migration by the three Staff Unions is an issue that has thrown the Polytechnic Community into unrest since 2016. The CONTISS 15 migration is the movement of staff from one salary grade level to the next level provided the staff meets the necessary conditions stipulated by the NBTE  as listed below: a. Such staff must have been employed before 1st August 2009 b. Such staff must possess the basic academic/professional or both qualifications applicable to his/her competence in addition to compliance to Institutional policy. c. Such staff must have spent a minimum of two (2) years on the current position before the year of migration. The lawlessness of the three (3) Staff  Unions and threats to the lives of members of the Governing Council along with the Principal Officers of the Polytechnic got to a peak that  during a session of the ...

Eriye Sage The power of the mind in its complexity Only few via agility and flexibili Can utilize the minds power with Great dexterity, perfectibility and peculiarity An entity can access the minds full ability Via educability, not giving in into negativity Your think-ability and believability Empowers your reality When you expect fatality, it becomes your finality When you expect fruity, it becomes your fixidity In your daily activities Ensure your mind is programed to logicality, positivity and morality Let your mentality be akin to perfectibility and peculiarity And your potentiality will enjoy longetivity and your minds renewability will become a constantibility

Edwin Eriye Education is the foundation of every nation; no aspect or level of it ought to be neglected so as to engender all round national development. A polytechnic in Nigeria today offers about 70% of technological programmes which are veritable tools for nation-building and development. On the contrary, polytechnic graduates over the years have suffered serious neglect by the federal government and the labour market. Polytechnic graduates cannot proceed directly on a master’s degree programme whether of distinction grade or not; he or she has to be subjected to a minimum of another one year of postgraduate diploma course before proceeding directly to master’s degree as against the university B.sc / B.Eng holder proceeding directly to master’s degree programme. Employers believe polytechnic education is not for those who are intelligent enough to do academic work. Polytechnic students are also made to serve or work under university graduates as head of department or unit...