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Ronik Academic Development Foundation, owners of co-educational Ronik Intl Primary School, Ronik Comprehensive Secondary School and Ronik Polytechnic, Ejigbo, Lagos, has concluded plans to host a memorial lecture in honour of its proprietress, Late Mrs Rachael Oyenike Alabi- Oyo.
The memorial lecture holds on Thursday, June 15th, 2023 at 2pm at Ronik Comprehensive Secondary School, Ejigbo, Lagos with the theme: “Education as the bedrock of national development: the example of Ronik Citadel” to be delivered by Dr Afolabi Tajudeen Alebiosu.
According to Mr Olalekan Otun, a member of the Ronik Board of Governors, “the one-year memorial lecture is to celebrate the life and times of the renowned educationist and proprietress of Ronik Group of Schools, and further institutionalise her significant contributions to our nation’s education and socio-cultural development.”
He added that, “in the same vein, a one-year memorial service in her honour holds on 18th of June, 2023 at 12noon at Triumphant Baptist Church, Shasha Road, Akowonjo, Lagos” he disclosed.
Mr Otun further added that, “the guest speaker, Dr. Alebiosu is the head of English department, Ronik Polytechnic, Ejigbo-Lagos. He also serves as adjunct lecturer in sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics with the University of Lagos. .His research interest covers areas such as English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Communication Skills, Semantics and Applied Linguistics. He has a national publication to his credit titled General Studies for Tertiary Institutions, apart from several journal articles. His areas of coverage are reflected in topics on Language Education, African Linguistics and English Linguistics. He is a writer for Cambridge Scholars Publishing, London. “