Lagos State Set To Reopen Schools August,4
Following the decision of The State governors in the South-West geopolitical zone to reopen schools, primary and secondary schools in Lagos State are set to reopen on August 3, to pave way to preparation of WAEC.
Hence, only learners in primary six, junior secondary school 3, and senior secondary school 3 are to resume.
This, it was gathered, is as result of a meeting held on Thursday in Ikeja with some stakeholders in the sector by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Education
During the meeting, the Department of Quality Assurance in the ministry mandated all schools, whether public or private to fill an online assessment form, indicating their readiness in meeting conditions stipulated for school reopening by the Federal Ministry of Education.
Afterwards each school will be issued clearance to reopen.
Speaking on the development, the Lagos State President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, Chief Olawale Amusa, stated that his association had also put in place a Quality Assurance Committee to go round schools and assess the readiness of members.
He expressed optimism that most of his members might meet the requirements for reopening schools.
Also, despite the discordant tunes that have greeted the conduct of this year’s WASSCE by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, South-West states are working on the possibility of taking part in the exam scheduled for September.
The decision by the states to partake in the exam is informed by the need to allow final year secondary school students to apply for this year’s admission into tertiary Institutions.
Recall that only on Thursday, the Minister of State, Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated that if the Federal Government could not meet up with WAEC’s timeline of conducting WASSCE in September, Nigerian candidates might take the exam in November or December this year.
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