The Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that
failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state.
The government said the compilation of the names of schools
that failed to comply with the directive of the state’s Ministry of Education
that private and public schools should resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, was
being compiled and “disciplinary actions will be taken” forthwith.
The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance,
Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, made this known in a statement on Saturday.
The statement was titled, ‘LASG Frowns At Non-Compliance
With Academic Calendar By Some Schools’.
Seriki-Ayeni reiterated that part of the mandate of her
office was to develop a harmonised school calendar in conjunction with
stakeholders in the education sector and ensure compliance, stressing that the
monitoring exercise embarked upon by the officials of the Agency was to
appraise the level of compliance with the resumption date, students’ presence
and COVID-19 safety protocols.
Revealing that some schools disobeyed the directive, the DG
explained that the Y2021/2022 harmonised school calendar was developed in
conjunction with stakeholders in June 2021 to ensure uniformity in the
education system.
She said the agreement was communicated to all schools and
associations to ensure equal educational standards and learning systems.
“During our recent
exercise to monitor the level of compliance with Tuesday 4th January, 2022
resumption date, we observed that the level of compliance was low. We are going
to seal the schools that have not adhered to the academic calendar with ‘Notice
of Non-Compliance’ stickers and issue letters of invitation to the
Administrators to visit our office in Alausa where further disciplinary actions
will be taken,” Seriki-Ayeni was quoted as saying.
She emphasised the need for all schools, public and private,
to comply with the academic calendar in order to ensure that an equal system of
learning in all schools in Lagos State is achieved.
Seriki-Ayeni, therefore, urged school owners to communicate
effectively with parents to prepare their wards early for resumption, stating
that it takes an entire term to prepare for an upcoming term.
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