Lagos bans all social functions and parties in public schools

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it
would no longer allow social functions and
parties in public schools just as owners of
private schools across the state have been
warned to comply with rules and regulations
guiding their operations.

The Deputy Governor of the State, Dr. Mrs Idiat
Oluranti Adebule who disclosed this while
briefing the media on the strategic focus of
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration
on education for 2016, said the Governor had
directed that schools should no longer be used
for social functions.
She said:
“The Governor has directed that schools will no
longer be used for social activities any longer.
We want to implore members of the public to
report any school that violates this directive
and we would ensure that defaulting schools
are sanctioned accordingly.”
Adebule, who also oversees the Ministry of
Education, said the state government was
putting a searchlight on the standard of
education in the private schools, saying it will
no longer be business as usual for such
schools that undermine best practices.
She said as a first step, the government will
engage with private school owners and
proprietors to intimate them on the action plan
of the present administration towards improving
the standard of education, saying that though
government is willing to partner with private
schools, they must also be willing to adhere
strictly to the acceptable standard.
“Much as private schools are partners in the
sector, we would not fold our hands and watch
the standard flopped. Some schools even
operate without registering with the
government. We want to urge such schools to
do the right thing or government will have no
choice but to do what it has to do,” she said.
Earlier, Special Adviser to the Governor on
Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, while
giving a detailed presentation on the policy
thrust of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s
administration for the education sector, said the
state government intends to construct the
biggest digital library.
He said the government was already at the
planning stage of the library, while the actual
establishment of the project would commence
in the next quarter of the year.
He said the state government will build 10 new
model schools with state of the art facilities,
while two new technical colleges will be built in
the course of the year in areas where such
facilities are urgently needed.
On the Ibile Tablets, Bank Olemoh said 324,000
tablets to Senior Secondary School students,
adding that plans have been concluded to
register all students in both public and private
schools in the state under the Lagos State
Student Personal Administration Number
(LASPIN) project to aid proper planning.
On the free meal in schools project, he said the
state government is currently perfecting its
framework for the eventual take off, saying that
the project is expected to on the one hand,
enhance the learning capacity of the pupils and
on the other, boost the economy of the state.

SIGNED
HABIB ARUNA
CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY
JANUARY 26, 2016.