The Lagos State Government has challenged students in the state’s numerous schools to strive for greatness, to be creative, and to maximise the use of digital learning in order to outperform prior test results.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, issued the directive during the monitoring and compliance exercise on school resumption for the second term throughout the metropolitan area, noting that the State Government has launched over 1,400 projects in the education sector since taking office in 2019.
Adefisayo mentioned some of the state government’s landmark projects, such as the provision of 1,047 new classrooms, the construction of new schools and the rehabilitation of 197 existing ones, the construction of 1,584-bed new hostels in boarding schools, the provision of 181,365 pieces of school furniture, and the commissioning of new school models with track and field facilities.
“Commissioning of the new technology-driven modular school at Vetland model junior secondary school, the launch of the ‘Eko Excel’ digital learning initiative, retraining of teachers and the introduction of the inclusive comprehensive school programmes for skills acquisition among others”, she added.
The Commissioner, who was represented by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Abayomi Abolaji, urged the students to be attentive in both academics and other areas while avoiding hooliganism and cultism.
The interactive sessions in which the Commissioner counselled the kids, including special needs pupils, as well as urged the instructors not to rest on their laurels but to work hard to continue to assist the students responsibly, were a big feature of the monitoring exercise.
During the operation, the Monitoring Team visited around 30 schools in Surulere, Gbagada, Somolu, Ojodu, Kosofe, Alimosho, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, and Badagry.
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