Lagos to shut 10000 schools

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule

Beginning from the next academic session, the
Lagos State Government has said it would shut
down more than 10,000 schools operating illegally
in the state.
Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, said operators
of the schools, which represent more than two
thirds of privately-owned schools in the state,
failed to register their schools after the registration
procedure was simplified by the ministry of
education.
Adebule said this while flagging off the school
census programme for private schools at the
Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Lagos. The
Deputy Governor, who spoke on the theme
“Entrenching Best Practices”, noted that the state
government would not relent in its efforts to
provide quality education and learning environment
for pupils in the state.
Adebule who presented approval letters of 119
schools to their proprietors at the event, said, “In
essence, about two-third of private schools are
operating illegally in the state. About 15,000 private
schools are operating in the state and only 4,556
are approved and registered.
“No nation or society can develop better than its
quality of human capital. Part of the tools required
to perform our task as a regulator is accurate and
precise data which the proposed school census
was intended to provide for the education sector.’’
In his address, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Education, Mr. Adesina Odeyemi, warned proprietors
to be wary of people parading themselves as
officials of the ministry.
He advised them to pay all levies accruing to the
state government to the appropriate coffer, adding
that no official had been mandated to collect levies
on behalf of the state government.

Source : Punch