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ADMISSIONS
In view of the recent increase in applications for
admissions and transfers, the school is planning to
introduce an e – admission portal for processing
admissions which will make the process much easier for
parents / guardians.
We will create an on – line e – admission portal where :
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Applicants will apply at the school web site by filling
out a form and submit on – line.
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Applicants make e – payments at the site for the
application process.
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The portal generates a complete profile with the
applicants bio – data, educational history, examination
scores and picture.
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Applicants will be scheduled to be given e – examination
at any of our centres nationwide or overseas.
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Admission letters will be generated by the portal.
Parents and the general public will be adequately
informed as we finalise the adoption of this IT based
admission process. We will also like to add that this
admission procedure will be in use along side the
current procedure for a period of time.
We also wish to inform our dear parents that admission
into year 7 (JS1) is still in progress. Please call the
admissions office on 01 – 2706010 or 01 – 2706012 for
further enquiries.
COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT
Dowen College’s Career week commenced with taster
lessons between the 18th and 22nd
of May, 2009. The taster lessons introduced the JS 3
students to Senior School subjects. This is with a view
to informing their judgement of the need for a
particular career and also equipping the subject
combination of JS 3 students for the Senior School.
Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th of
May have been set aside also for excursion of JS 3
students to various establishments / organizations to
enable them have a one on one motivational experience.
ACADEMICS
We sincerely thank all our parents/guardians for their
support in seeing that all our set programmes are well
accomplished. However we are still seriously embarrassed
by the lackadaisical attitude of some of our students to
their primary assignment in school. They are in school
without their books and writing materials and they
default on assignments.
We are here again calling the attention of parents (at
least of day students) to their primary responsibility
failing to do which
affects adversely the good work and intention of the
teachers.
We use this medium once again to enjoin our parents to
visit the school especially on Open Days to discuss the
students progress. We hope the affected parents will
rise up to the challenge so that the children can obtain
better results for this huge investment called
Education.
(A) Participation in Examination
It is now common practice for some parents to register
students for dual examination at the SS 2 level when
part of the syllabus has not been treated, possibly in
a bid to make the children finish schooling in “ record
time” with the help of half backed “home teachers”.
Our experience is that most often than not the students
end up being confused, even while missing out on our
continuous assessment since they (students) are out of
the school most of the time and the effect is counter –
productive. Let me remind you that education is a
process and
any stage not adequately completed wil have it’s
recurring decimal in the child’s future.
(B) Public Examinations
We are happy to announce that the Checkpoint Examination
and Junior School Certificate Examination are over now.
The students have very good reports at the end of each
paper to give their teachers.
In the same vein, the Senior School Certificate
Examination is over except for Technical Drawing,while
the International General Certificate of Secondary
Education (IGCSE) Examination is still on and will end
(by His Grace on the 12th June, 2009).
We thank you all for your support while hoping for
excellent results.
C.
Promotion Criteria
We need to remind both students and parents that the
Promotion criteria are still in place for the promotion
of students to the next class. The motto of the school”
To Be The Best” and we encourage our students to always
target excellence in anything they do.
For the avoidance of doubt please find below the
criteria for both Junior and Senior students
respectively.
PROMOTION GUIDELINES
1. JUNIOR SCHOOL
An aggregate annual score of at least 60% in each of at
least
twelve(12) subjects including the core subjects. The
core subjects include Mathematics,
English Language, Integrated Science, Social Studies,
French and Introductory Technology.
2. SENIOR SCHOOL
Students in the Science classes must attain Five credits
(60%) and above including Mathematics and English
Language. They MUST also have credits in any two of the
core subjects, which are:
ARTS:
Government, CRK, History and Lit.in Eng.
COMMERCIAL: Accounts, Commerce/Business Std, Economics.
SCIENCE: Chemistry, Physics, Further Maths, Biology.
3. JS 3 – SS 1 : Pass in Federal NECO JSCE.
4. RESIT AND SUBSEQUENT PROMOTION
A student in Senior Secondary School may be given the
option of a resit in particular subject(s) if he / she
has a maximum of four credits (annual scores) in the
required subjects i.e within the above guidelines.
However, he / she passes the resit and has a minimum of
five credits, he / she can then proceed to the next
class.
NOTE:
Resit Mark – 100% of the resit examination.
REPITITION
A student who falls short of 1. 2, 3, and 4 above, shall
be asked to repeat the class. However, no student can
repeat a class twice.
Repeaters attaining four credits or less will not be
eligible for resists. They will be advised to withdraw
form school.
D. Leadership Training at The Sea School.
The second batch of SS 2 students went for the training
during the last Easter break. It was a worth while
experience for those who partook in the exercise.
The Training included:
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Endurance
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Leadership
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Discipline
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Team Playing
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Mutual – Co existence
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Respect for others
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Initiative
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Public Speaking among others.
We hope all parents will embrace this laudable scheme
and support us in the next edition. It is strictly for
SS 2 students.
E.
Transfer Examination Against 2009 / 10 Session
Enrolment.
The school welcomes applications from students wishing
to transfer into various classes against next academic
session. Forms are available in the Bursary and
selection of examination date can be arranged with the
admissions office. Limited spaces are available.
F. Staff Training
This is an on – going process in
the school. Recently some of our teachers attended a
Workshop on “Understanding the British Curriculum” BEC.
Likewise, Dowen College is among the thirty (30) top
schools invite for a pilot project on “Easy Pass” – a
full ICT interactive programme to boost the teaching
process in the school for better academic achievement at
internal and public examinations.
G. Career Week for JS 3 Students
A post JSCE programme of activities was organized for
our JS 3 students to acquit them with the subjects and
possible career options available as they are graduating
into the Senior Secondary School.
Visits / Excursions were also organized for them to
visit organizations where questions were asked from
professionals to further motivate them.
SPORTS
This years sports day was spectacular in many respects
with lots of revelations and witnessed by large crowd of
sports men, women and lovers of sports.
The Yellow house led by Ify Onyeka successfully defended
the trophy they won last year With a total of 34 medals
while Blue house came second with 20 medals. The 3rd
place Red House won 17 medals and Green House came last
with 2 Gold , 12 Silver and 11 Bronze.
At Dowen College, Lagos as we celebrate our success and
achievements, we also celebrate achievers in various
fields of human endeavour, hence we invited for honours
2 sportsmen who had done this country proud at different
International Sports for a. Messers Dosu Joseph the
Goalkeeper and Chike Chukwumerije who won Gold Medal in
Taekwando at the Beijin Olympics. The students had fun
and were greatly excited at the event. Many thanks to
Parents, Sponsors and friends of the school who
contributed to the success of the event.
Worthy of mention is the massive support from Mr. & Mrs
Modele Sarafu, Erelu Dr. (Mrs) Atanda, Head Brands
Communication, Sterling Bank, Intercontinental bank Plc,
UBA Plc, C- Way etc.
The school is placing great emphasis on house system
especially for sports and academics and will want to use
this opportunity to inform parents that we would be
initiating parents to own houses as
PATRONS
and PATRONESSES.
We kindly ask that you partner with us to build the
house system we are introducing to further develop the
competitive spirits among the children.
The school Football teams (Junior & Senior) are
participating in the Elite Soccer Tournament
scheduled to begin on Friday May 22nd,
2009. The junior team will be defending the trophy
they won at the 2008 edition of the tournament, while
the Senior is poised for wining all their matches to
clinch the coveted trophy. Other schools in the
tournament include Whitesands Schools, Whitedove,
British International School and many more. We are
billed to play about 14 matches in this preliminary.
EXCURSIONS
Space
Science and Technology Education.
The school participated in the Space Science and
Technology Education Workshop organized by the
University of Ife OAU to celebrate the 10th
year of the African Regional Centre for Space Science
and Technology Education – English “Affiliated to the
United Nations”.
Four of our students (Neji Victor, Jolomi Okorodudu,
Adetunji Openiyi and Nneamaka Onukwe) witnessed the
memorable event which serves as an eye opener to all in
the application of physics principles and laws in the
world of space science. Thus, they were able to
recognize the usefulness and limitations of scientific
methods and appreciate it’s applicability in other
disciplines and in every day life.
In attendance were schools from different parts of the
country. Dowen College stands out among the crowd for
their unique and
excellent performances.
Hopefully, our school may host other schools in the next
edition because we aspire to establish the first Space
Science Technology Club in our territory.
Dowen College represented by the Head Girl of the
school Morenikeji Abina won 1st
prize at the Award of Excellence in the
2009 Vocational Day Debate Competition that was held
at The Lagoon Secondary School, Lekki Lagos. Also
Cheta Mbajekwe & Areola Araoye (both participated
in the Award of Excellence where they came 3rd
in Cake Baking) and Kikelomo Olajumoke showed how
skillful she was by coming 2nd in the Visual
Arts.
We wish all of us a wonderful Children’s Day Celebration
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FOR : MANAGEMENT
DR. (MRS.). A. ADEPOJU
PRINCIPAL
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