Redouble Your Efforts To Raise Standard Of Education, LASG Tells Teachers

BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos

Lagos State government has charged teachers in the employ of the state government to redouble their efforts and raise the standards of education in the state.

 The state government in a statement by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo charged students across the various schools in the state to pursue greatness, exhibit creativity and continue to maximise the use of digital learning towards surpassing the successes recorded in previous examinations.

She reminded the students of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ‘s love, the  student – teacher centered initiatives numbering over 1,400 projects.

 Adefisayo outlined some of the landmark projects to include provision of 1,047 new classrooms, construction of new schools and rehabilitation of 197 existing  ones, construction of 1,584 bed new hostels in boarding schools, provision of 181, 365, pieces of school furniture, commissioning of new school models with track and field facilities.

 Others include 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, the introduction of the inclusive comprehensive school program for skills acquisition, among others.

 As schools resumed for new academic sessions in the state, officials of the Ministry of Education led by the permanent secretary, Mr. Abayomi Abolaji and Directors undertook the monitoring of schools resumption for the second term, in various parts of the metropolis.

 Abolaji said, “Teachers, you have a lot of work on your hands, the task ahead is huge, to whom much is given,  much is expected, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu  has  committed 10 per cent of the state ‘s budget to education, he has  increased salaries , he also attended the’ World Teachers Day’  Celebration last October to show you his government is teacher- friendly, you must redouble your efforts to improve the standard of education in the state, please spread the message to your colleagues in other schools “.