be eligible for admission into any secondary school in the state
without completing primary six.
The state commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, who
disclosed this yesterday at an interactive session with proprietors
and other stakeholders, affirmed that the era of admitting underage
children into secondary schools in the state is gone, saying
government has set up a standing committee to harmonize the school
calendar, curriculum and time table for the Basic Education
Certificate Examination (JSS111) of public and private schools in the
state.
She added that the state government will soon set up a committee which
she said will also proffer solutions to some of the challenges being
faced by private schools operators in the state.
The Commissioner explained that the interactive session was informed
by the need to bring together key participants in the education sector
to deliberate on the policy thrust of government, noting that
government alone cannot take the education sector to greater heights
without the support and cooperation of stakeholders.
She urged parents and guardians to converse in vernacular with their
children and wards at home, stressing that it is by so doing that they
can encourage use of mother-tongue by the children.
The commissioner noted that government has been magnanimous enough by
paying the West Africa Examination Council fees of all SSS III pupils
in public schools, adding that it cannot do same for students in
private schools since such schools are ran as profit oriented outfits.
Oladundoye added that since it is the choice of the parents who can
afford to take their children to such schools they should be able to
meet the obligation to the institutions.
The Lagos state government has really ensured that quality education can also be acquired in Public schools. Most Public schools in Lagos have very good ICT rooms, teachers are always paid on time and the Lagos State govt always pays the WAEC fees of all SS3 students. This is commendable.
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