By Agency Report
Just a quarter of the about
20,000 private schools in Lagos
State had been approved by the
state government, Folasade Adefisayo, the
commissioner for education, has said.

Mrs Adefisayo, who spoke during the 2021
Ministerial Press Briefing in Commemoration of the
Second Year in Office of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in
Lagos, said many of the private schools were not fit
to be approved.

She said the condition required for the registration of
the private schools is to have conducive classrooms
and the full material testing of the building.

According to the commissioner, the registration of
private schools in the state increased by 127 per
cent, from 2019 to 2020: in 2019, 729 private
schools were registered, while in 2020, 1,660 private
schools were registered.

She said the registration of the schools was to
ensure that no child was left out of school.

Mrs Adefisayo said that during the period under
review, the Education Quality Assurance Unit of the
ministry initiated the establishment of 27 mini
libraries, to ease the process of research and
statistics for students.

“The Office of the Education Quality Assurance is
saddled with the responsibility of ensuring smooth
evaluation of public and private schools.

“Also, monitoring their academic activities and
ensuring the schools adhere to the required
guidelines provided by the state government.

“During the period, the agency conducted over 2,247
resumption monitoring on schools and 173 whole
school evaluation was conducted.

“The agency conducted 131 interventions/follow
through visits and organised a virtual online training
on the role of private schools in the implementation
of the Lagos State Safeguarding and Child Protection
Policy,” she said.

The commissioner said that the government in
partnership with SKLD Integrated Services Ltd set up
and installed a Casio Mathematics and Science
Laboratory.

She said the objective was to provide continuous
support and resources to meet the strategic
objectives and need in enhancing the delivery of
science related subjects.

Mrs Adefisayo said that since the inauguration of the
Mathematics and Science laboratory, the ministry
had trained no fewer than 100 teachers across the
six Education Districts.

It had also trained over 60 technical instructors
across the five Government Technical Colleges in the
state.
(NAN)


A Classroom

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lol odas na Jeh le oh simi...


Na Lagos u go see Viewing Center wey dey show ball for evening, Du school for the place for morning time nd use am run Church programs on Sunday nd weekly service...

Multi Purpose center everywhere....

Why not close unregistered schools down without delay instead they allow the schools to be scamming people.

Close the unapproved schools.. Especially those without space and security.

I must admire the sagacity of Lagos State. But I am very hopeful that the states of Igbo Nation will one day leapfrog Lagos in the pecking order. Just like Dubai did to many ancient cities.

Just imagine. And parents will be paying through their nose to these schools

This is like what Nigerian Immigration said during GEJ time, "there are over 5,000 illegal routes to Nigeria ".


You know them but did nothing!

Then imagine how many bakeries and other food, drinks and drugs outlets without NAFDAC approval. Nigeria is a cesspit. Simple.