By The Vice Chancellor, Prof Lanre Fagbohun has called on all eligible [final year] students of Lagos State University to register for the 2017 Ready Set Work Programme without delay. Online registration commences on Friday 16th June, 2017 via the Programme Official Website: ReadySetWork
The Vice Chancellor further urges ALL the final year students and those in their penultimate year (300Level doing 4year courses and 400Level doing 5year courses) to take advantage of the increased slot for LASU, to register and partake in the programme. According to the organizers, 700 students will be selected from Lagos State University to participate in the programme this year.
BACKGROUND
The Ready Set Work Programme is an employability and entrepreneurship skills acquisition programme organized by the Lagos State Government through the Office of the Special Adviser on Education, in partnership with a number of leading Private Organizations. The programme is designed to prepare final year students of Tertiary Institutions in Lagos State for life after school. It seeks to expose them to practical training about getting and keeping jobs, as well as building and successfully running their own businesses.
The first edition of the programme in 2016 took place on the Campus of Lagos State University, Ojo, with about 700 students participating from three institutions – Lagos State University, Lagos State polytechnic and Lagos State College of Health Technology.
At the end of the programme, over 100 Students got internship placements with leading organizations who partnered the Lagos State Government on the Programme. They include but limited to PWC, Access Bank, GTB, FCMB, Systems Specs and Total Oil.
Furthermore, three selected business ideas got seed funding worth millions of Naira from both the Lagos State Government and some leading private firms. The winning businesses were selected through a pitch competition involving the participants.
Today, the testimonies from successful Alumni of the programme, who either got internship placements or seed capitals for their businesses, have been mind-blowing. While more than ten[10] of those who enjoyed internship placements have now been retained by their respective organizations, those who got seed funding are now doing relatively well as budding entrepreneurs.
With the commencement of the 2017 Edition, students are once again presented with opportunities to put their futures on a sure footing by participating and standing out in the programme.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017 READY SET WORK
• Registration commences on Friday 16th June, 2017 and closes on Saturday 24th June, 2017.
• 12,000 Students are expected to participate in the programme (2,000 Final Year Students
and 10,000 Students in their penultimate year)
• The programme will run for 13 Saturdays (from Sat. 1st July to Sat. 23rd Sept. 2017)
• The Programme will run concurrently in three campuses: LASU, UNILAG and LASPOTECH.
• 700 Internship placements are up for grabs among successful participants.
• Millions of Naira have been earmarked by the Lagos State Government to support good
business ideas of participants.
• Participants will be drawn from six tertiary institutions in Lagos State including Lagos State
University, University of Lagos, Lagos State Polytechnic, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of
Education, Lagos State College of Health Technology and Micheal Otedola College of Primary Education.
• 700 participants will be selected from LASU
• Starting 2018, ONLY the final year students who participate in the ONLINE ACADEMY IN
THEIR PENULTIMATE YEAR would be eligible to participate in the programme.
Now that you know, waste no time to visit the Ready Set Work Official Website: ReadySetWork to register.
