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The Lagos State Government has released the harmonised 2026/2027 academic calendar for all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state.

The calendar, posted on the state government’s X handle, was announced on Thursday by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, following consultations with education stakeholders facilitated by the Office of Education Quality Assurance.

According to the commissioner, the calendar was finalised after two stakeholders’ meetings during which participants reviewed and agreed on key dates for the new academic session.

“The approved calendar outlines school resumption dates, mid-term breaks, examination periods and holidays. It is designed to help schools, teachers, parents and students plan effectively throughout the session,” the statement read.

Alli-Balogun said the unified calendar reflects the state government’s commitment to improving the quality of education and ensuring a well-organised academic year.

“The unified calendar reflects the state government’s commitment to improving the quality of education and ensuring a well-organised academic year,” he said.

He urged all public and private schools in the state to strictly comply with the approved schedule

Members of the public are advised to access the full 2026/2027 academic calendar on the official website of the Office of Education Quality Assurance at oeqalagos.com as well as on all official Lagos State Government digital platforms

https://punchng.com/lagos-releases-2026-2027-academic-calendar-for-public-private-schools

Lagos State Government

Nice one. Wishing all pupils and students a safe , interesting and fun-filled holiday

It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

I read those shii when I was 7 yrs old

One of the best thing from LASG on education in Lagos state

There should be a uniform calendar for all schools to enable parents plan well

Not the situation where some private schools have their own resumption, mid-term break and end of session while some are still on school period

I have noticed that whenever all schools in Lagos in my area are on holidays, traffic on the road drops by at least 60% in the morning and after noon, lending credence to the fact that school runs creates traffic on the road and put more pressure on traffic.

Good, that's how it should be. Proper planning precedes proper performance.

Focusmind:
One of the best thing from LASG on education in Lagos state

There should be a uniform calendar for all schools to enable parents plan well

Not the situation where some private schools have their own resumption, mid-term break and end of session while some are still on school period

I have noticed that whenever all schools in Lagos in my area are on holidays, traffic on the road drops by at least 60% in the morning and after noon, lending credence to the fact that school runs creates traffic on the road and put more pressure on traffic.

Not only in Lagos, it everywhere

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

I beg to differ. This is a different new world with these kids. Depending on the school sha. Put your kids in a good school and see how they suprise you.

They are learning and growing way too fast for comfort. Plus you can teach them financial education and how the society works in reality which is the only thing they are not taught in school.

A state that has been retrogressing in education in last two decades!

Kids of today will never know the good old days when Lagos was REALLY the center of excellence.

Nothing comes close when you talk about education!

Democracy has not replicated what Vice Admiral Okhai Michael Akhigbe did for education in Lagos. They are not even close!

The good old days when NO PRIVATE SCHOOL in Lagos could match a government school.

At some point, it will be difficult for indomie generation to understand.

But they keep shouting “Eko o ni baje” when almost everything has spoilt.

They now build goat pen and call it classrooms and still do a fan fair like they replicated Harvard.

LASU still looking more like a cattle ranch than a university.

Money money money money







I needed you.

Ilu Eko!

Centre of Excellence!

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

You are right but note that this is often revised to keep in touch with reality.
NEW PRIMARY ENGLISH 3 STUDENT BOOK NIGERIA.

Macmillan
The above was revised in 2005.
Then, schools are allowed to chose their preferred publisher of which many schools have abandoned the said publication.

Commendable.

Having such clear calendar, helps planning.

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

What an Ignorant thing

Your own no pass to always Wail

Focusmind:
One of the best thing from LASG on education in Lagos state

There should be a uniform calendar for all schools to enable parents plan well
Not the situation where some private schools have their own resumption, mid-term break and end of session while some are still on school period
I have noticed that whenever all schools in Lagos in my area are on holidays, traffic on the road drops by at least 60% in the morning and after noon, lending credence to the fact that school runs creates traffic on the road and put more pressure on traffic.

What is best about LASG having less than 5% schools owned by the government that claims to be progressive after 27 years of forever increasing tax burden to grow the state budget 100 times?

What do you expect Tinubu and his puppets to do with the trillions annual budget if they are not making basic education free for all children? Steal the money

anonimi:
Ratio of public to private schools in Lagos State is one to 22 ― Commissioner

The Lagos State government has said the ratio of public to private schools at both primary and secondary school levels in the state is one to 22.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, gave the revelation in her remark at the 2022 edition of the Total School Support Seminar Exhibition (TOSSE) held at Oregun in Ikeja between Thursday and Friday.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ratio-of-public-to-private-schools-in-lagos-state-is-one-to-22-%E2%80%95-commissioner/

Which one of the Lagos governors employed anything near 19,500 teachers in his tenure as makinde did without claiming to be a progressive politician

anonimi:
NUT commends Oyo over recruitment of 19,500 teachers

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State, has commended Governor Seyi Makinde-led government for recruiting 19,500 teachers in five years.

The union, in a statement signed by the NUT Chairman, Oladimeji Raji and the Secretary, Salami Olukayode, noted that the appointment of 5,000 teachers in his first term and 14,500 since the inception of his second term into the state primary and secondary schools was noteworthy.

The union said the ripple effects of the recruitment were that it would address the problems of inadequate manpower in the education sector and promote teaching and learning.

The statement read, “Your disposition towards turning the tide of the education system of Oyo State remains unprecedented and unmatched not only in the annals of recruitment history of our dear state in recent times but also across the entire 36 states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory.

“Your Excellency Sir, your achievements in the education sector since assumption of office particularly, on the successful recruitment of over 14,000 qualified teaching professionals and about 3,500 non- teaching personnel, aside from an appreciative number of caregivers is a clear cut and a perfect reflection of your results-oriented style of leadership aimed at providing free, qualitative and quantitative education to the amiable citizens of Oyo State. This gesture shall, without doubt, have a significant touch in our classroom and as well enhance educational service delivery to our school children.”

https://punchng.com/nut-commends-oyo-over-recruitment-of-19500-teachers/?amp

AntiChristian:
Ilu Eko!

Centre of Excellence!

Centre of excellence in free education by progressive politicians was up to 1983.

That was when Buhari had the only successful coup against democratic institutions at the local, state and federal levels thereby ending Lagos progress under Jakande. Is it not ironical that balablu bulaba failure Tinubu was the one who begged the same Buhari out of retirement in 2015 to end PDP prosperity, peace and security with cheap petrol, cheap dollars less debt, low unemployment etc?

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

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eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

There is nothing wrong in children still reading Chike and the River, that is literature and never outdated.

Here in the UK, kids in primary schools are still reading books written by the likes of RL Stevenson and Charles Dickens, who both died over 130 years ago.

dalitigator:
I beg to differ. This is a different new world with these kids. Depending on the school sha. Put your kids in a good school and see how they suprise you.

They are learning and growing way too fast for comfort. Plus you can teach them financial education and how the society works in reality which is the only thing they are not taught in school.

My kids are schooling in Australia my bro

Mindlog:
There is nothing wrong in children still reading Chike and the River, that is literature and never outdated.

Here in the UK, kids in primary schools are still reading books written by the likes of RL Stevenson and Charles Dickens, who both died over 130 years ago

Are you minding him/her? As if English structure has changed since then or words in the book are no more being used

I'll even prefer it to most of these new literatures with numerous blunders

I hope the will stick to the calendar this time around?

Na so 1st and 2nd term holiday breaks dey short

Is this a mandatory calender for Private schools too?

Mindlog:
There is nothing wrong in children still reading Chike and the River, that is literature and never outdated.

Here in the UK, kids in primary schools are still reading books written by the likes of RL Stevenson and Charles Dickens, who both died over 130 years ago.

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

You're both not wrong.
Today's education need to be sprinkled with 21st century activities.
In China ... Kids in primary are being taught electrical, mechanical, Ai and robotics practices.

Today's Nigerian schools have no development. Many schools don't even teach computer and French lessons

It's always been the same. Perfect for the students. Well-established curriculum, no need for change. And the teachers are so dedicated!?

Looking forward to my boy's first day in nta akara

See control. One day, they will make timetable for when people can eat and have sex

Elijah198:
I hope the will stick to the calendar this time around?

When the days come they would tell us whether they gave us free education anor that they gave us the money to pay school fees..

HacheNoire:
A state that has been retrogressing in education in last two decades!

Kids of today will never know the good old days when Lagos was REALLY the center of excellence.

Nothing comes close when you talk about education!

Democracy has not replicated what Vice Admiral Okhai Michael Akhigbe did for education in Lagos. They are not even close!

The good old days when NO PRIVATE SCHOOL in Lagos could match a government school.

At some point, it will be difficult for indomie generation to understand.

But they keep shouting “Eko o ni baje” when almost everything has spoilt.

They now build goat pen and call it classrooms and still do a fan fair like they replicated Harvard.

LASU still looking more like a cattle ranch than a university.

To be honest, this is best piece I have read from you since your moniker was created.

Lagos needs to go back to it's glory days.

One of my business partner who is a Yoruba withdrew his children and put them in one school in Anambra. Two of the children are top in their class. The first born had parallel A's in his WAEC. Brilliant kids them.

tonididdy:
Na so 1st and 2nd term holiday breaks dey short

Is this a mandatory calender for Private schools too?

Yes it is compulsory even though some private schools resume whenever they like and go on midterm break whenever they like. During Fashola's regime, they dare not follow the calendar. They must use textbooks prescribed by the state education board. In this Sanwo-Olu regime, private schools are just doing whatever they like. No repercussions whatsoever

Good!!!.


But this calender did not take cognisance of the up-coming general election slated for 16th January and the Senatorial election afterwards.

Please any idea about the Lagos State Syllabus for 2026-2030 if it is available.

dominique:
The Lagos State Government has released the harmonised 2026/2027 academic calendar for all public and private primary and secondary schools across the state.

The calendar, posted on the state government’s X handle, was announced on Thursday by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, following consultations with education stakeholders facilitated by the Office of Education Quality Assurance.

According to the commissioner, the calendar was finalised after two stakeholders’ meetings during which participants reviewed and agreed on key dates for the new academic session.

“The approved calendar outlines school resumption dates, mid-term breaks, examination periods and holidays. It is designed to help schools, teachers, parents and students plan effectively throughout the session,” the statement read.

Alli-Balogun said the unified calendar reflects the state government’s commitment to improving the quality of education and ensuring a well-organised academic year.

“The unified calendar reflects the state government’s commitment to improving the quality of education and ensuring a well-organised academic year,” he said.

He urged all public and private schools in the state to strictly comply with the approved schedule

Members of the public are advised to access the full 2026/2027 academic calendar on the official website of the Office of Education Quality Assurance at oeqalagos.com as well as on all official Lagos State Government digital platforms

https://punchng.com/lagos-releases-2026-2027-academic-calendar-for-public-private-schools

Lagos State Government

Apollux:
Please any idea about the Lagos State Syllabus for 2026-2030 if it is available.

Lagos normally follows WAEC or Neco syllabuses, I don't know if they're now preparing their own syllabus.

Goo0dHardDick:
It has always been the same as always.

Outdated textbooks
No improvement whatsoever.

It'll shock you that they're still reading "Edet lives in Calabar" Chike and the river etc till today in primary schools

While our curriculum needs updating, literary texts cannot be outdated.

Edet lives in Calabar... Chike and the River remain classic stories that still outshine many things written for our children to read as literatures in primary and secondary schools today!

I am a teacher who has written 4 books - study guide to literature for junior secondary students so I know what I am saying.

Books by Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Orwell etc are still being studied in universities today.