Opeyemi Adelere
Lagos State Ministry of Education is set to meet with stakeholders in the education sector to determine admission age into basic education.
In a statement released by the ministry’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Kayode Abayomi, the ministry will be meeting with stakeholders in the basic education sector to deliberate on the appropriate age benchmark for admission of pupils into secondary school.
The statement however clarified that no decision had been reached thus far, and as such warned the public to disregard any contradicting news.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, as quoted in the statement, said that scheduled meetings with private school proprietors, Nigeria Union of Teachers, Office of Education Quality Assurance, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Lagos State Examination Board and All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Nigeria, among others, were suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The public is hereby assured that as soon as normalcy returns, these meetings will be held, and details of the state’s final position on the matter will be made available to all stakeholders, both digitally (online) and in hard copy through the state media platforms.
“As mentioned, there have been outlined concerns on this matter and all issues raised will be discussed and follow proper due process before implementation,” she said.
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