LANRE AWOLOKUN HIGH SCHOOL, GBAGADA

Boys: 697 Girls: 458 Total: 1155

2007-09-17 public secondary Shomolu

Awards and Achievements

1. 3rd position in the Principal's Cup for football competition (Ikorodu Zone)
2.One day Commissioner of Environment on 26th July, 2010 represented by Chidiebere Onumajuru
3. One day Commissioner of Health on 26th July, 2010 represented by Abayomi Bolaji
4. 1st position in Lagos State Debate on 20th October, 2011 represented by Nnosiri Oluchi
5. 1st position Science Ambassador (Home Edutainment Network) on 19th November, 2010
6. 1st position in Africa and 48th in the World at World Robotic Olympiad in Malaysia, 9-11th November, 2012 represented by Talabi Adeniyi
7. 1st position in shot-put event at the Lagos State Premier Lotto on 9th March, 2013 represented Effiong Benson and Micheal Joy
8. 3rd position in Youth of All Nations Empowerment Association (YOANEA) awarded a dummy cheque of Fifty thousand Naira represented by Ezirike Nwatugo on 17th October, 2013.
9.1st position at the LAWMA RECYCLING CLUB 2014 Quiz and Exhibition on 27th March, 2014
10. 3rd position at Vision 2020 Addax petroleum Science project exhibition on 2nd May, 2014
11. 3rd position in Quran Competition organized by Islam Focus on 21st June, 2015.

Head Teacher

MRS. ADAMS ABIODUN IBIRONKE

Management Team

MRS. ADAMS ABIODUN IBIRONKE (PRINCIPAL) MRS. AKIN-TAIWO TEMITOPE OLUBUNMI (VICE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATION) MR. ORESEGUN KUNLE ADEGBENGA (VICE PRINCIPAL ACADEMICS) MRS. OLADAPO ADEBUSOLA AFOLASHADE (VICE PRINCIPAL ACADEMICS): MRS. ADAMS ABIODUN IBIRONKE (PRINCIPAL) MRS. AKIN-TAIWO TEMITOPE OLUBUNMI (VICE PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATION) MR. ORESEGUN KUNLE ADEGBENGA (VICE PRINCIPAL ACADEMICS) MRS. OLADAPO ADEBUSOLA AFOLASHADE (VICE PRINCIPAL ACADEMICS)

Our Mission Statement

Eliminating mediocrity and producing vibrant and virile citizens

School History

The schoolâ€™s name is Lanre Awolokun High School Gbagada under the Education District II, zone III Somolu. A co-educational school with a population of about 1056 students and 32 teaching and 4 non-teaching staff. The school is situated in the heart of Lanre Awolokun Street Gbagada Estate Phase II. The entrance is beautifully decorated with the sight of Horticultural Garden. The school has a gate painted black. It has a block for classrooms and administrative offices while another block is shared with Gbagada Senior Grammar School for Science Laboratories. It has a playground at the center of the school complex. Our vision is to promote efficiency and effectiveness in human development and skill aquisistion and this would be achieved by our mission statement which is eliminating mediocrity and promoting vibrant and virile citizens. The school Lanre Awolokun was founded on the 17th September,2007 after the split of Gbagada Senior Grammar School into autonomous secondary schools. Thirty teaching and five non-teaching staff with with students of eight hundred and three were deployed the then Gbagada Senior Grammar School II as pioneer members with Mr. O.A. Odusanya as the acting principal of the school in 2007. In September, 2010, Mrs. Adams Abiodun Ibironke was posted to the school as the second principal after Mr. Agidiâ€™s statutory retirement from the service. On the 13th of October 2010, the school has undergone a full scale recognition inspection by a team of inspectors from Alausa with Mr. O.E. Sobaki as the team leader. The school did not disappoint herself and was certified to register her first set of students for WAEC and NECO for 2011/2012 session. The students of the school are exposed to various subjects that bring out the total child that would be self reliant as they are adequately trained and prepared for life. Though the school is young, the school has gone to places owing to her inputs in sports, academics, competitions

Subject Offered

1. English Language 2.Mathematics 3. Biology 4. Chemistry 5. Physics 6. Agricultural Science 7.Economics 8. Geography 9. Government 10. History 11.Further Mathematics 12.Commerce 13. Financial Account 14. Literature in English 15. Yoruba 16.Christian Religious Study / Islamic Religious Study 17. Visual Arts 18.Civic Education 19.Computer studies 20.Data processing 21.Food and Nutrition

Calendar of School Activities For The Year

No school activities information available.

Get in touch

Address

LANRE AWOLOKUN STREET, GBAGADA ESTATE PHASE II, GBAGADA SHOMOLU LAGOS.

Phone Number

8023252533

lanreawolokun@rocketmail.com

Website

Clubs and Activities

BOYS AND GIRLS SCOUT
BOYS AND GIRLS BRIGADE
RED CROSS SOCIETY
SHERIFF GUARD
MUSLIM STUDENTS SOCIETY
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
JETS CLUB
MATHS CLUB
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ROTARACT CLUB
KIND CLUB
PRESS CLUB
LITERARY AND DEBATING CLUB

Examination Taken

WASSCE (WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION)
NECO (NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL)

Past 3 years External Exam Performance in %

No exam performance information available.

Famous Past Pupils/Students

1.Chidiebere Onumajuru- one day Commissioner of Environment on 26th July, 2010 2. Abayomi Bolaji- one day Commissioner of Health on 26th July, 2010 3. Nnosiri Oluchi- 1st position in Lagos State Debate on 20th October, 2011. 4.TALABI ADENIYI- Represented Nigeria at World Robotic Olympiad in Malaysia, emerged 1st position in Africa and 48th in the World 9-11th November, 2012 5. Effiong Benson- Male Athlete of the year 2013. 1st position in shot-put event at the Lagos State Premier Lotto on 9th March, 2013 6.Micheal Joy- Female Athlete of the year 2013. 1st position in shot-put event at the Lagos State Premier Lotto on 9th March, 2013 7. Abolaji Simbiat- best WASSCE result in the school for the year 2013. 8. Ezirike Nwatugo- 3rd position in Youth of All Nations Empowerment Association (YOANEA) awarded a dummy cheque of Fifty thousand Naira ; student with the best WASSCE result in the school for the year 2014. 9. Olalere Lateef- Best WASSCE result in the school for the year 2015.

Future Plans for the School

To improve students performance through intensive coaching and Mentor- Mentee relationship between teachers and students To organize more Enlightenment Campaign for Parents on the need to the Education of their children. To ensure active participation of all stakeholders in Education (Parents, NGOs, Communities) To make learning more attractive to students by ensuring that activities of clubs and societies are directed towards solving immediate challenges facing learning in the school.