Lagos To Establish 38 Additional Schools
Mojisola Lawal
The Lagos State Government has expressed readiness to established 38 additional Comprehensive Schools before September, increasing the number to 50.
This, according to the State government is to boost the standard of education across state.
The government has also hinted that it has concluded plans to send teachers to Finland for training to improve their ability to better impact knowledge on the children.
The Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, made this known during the sensitization programme organized for stakeholders in the sector on the newly introduced Comprehensive School Programme, held at the Secretariat, Ikeja.
Adefisayo stated that the additional schools when completed would boost plans of the programme which was to reduce the rate of dropout across the state.
According to her, some students are disconnected from the usual academic curriculum but prefer to learn various skills and this is what this system is set to address.
She emphasized that the programme would give the students equal opportunities to explore their interests and train them to master what they plan to achieve.
While speaking on the importance of integrating a comprehensive school programme into the school curriculum, the commissioner said that three out of 10 students admitted into JS1 made it to SS3, while only one student will eventually excel at the transition examination.
Arguing that this development had often resulted in an increase in student dropouts in Lagos, she noted that this and others were part of the reasons the government had been partnering with experts abroad that could help contribute to education development within the state.
The Commissioner said: “The State Government has established partnership with private and International institutions for training, internship opportunities and employment prospects for the students.
“An MOU was recently signed by the Lagos State Government and City of Tampere in Finland. Already plans are on-going for some of the teachers to travel to Finland to understudy a similar system that operates in that country”, she added.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary for the ministry, Abayomi Abolaji, canvassed for the commitment of stakeholders for successful implementation of the programme.
He noted that the State Government has equipped the pilot schools with the various infrastructure needed to actualize the newly established programme.
The Permanent Secretary disclosed that the Lagos State Comprehensive School Programme has broad subject categories which include skills training in Agriculture, Tech& Digital Skills, Beauty and Events, Building & Construction, Media &Entertainment, Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Communication, Marketing and Sales, Digital Literacy.
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