LASG restates commitment to free education

Abel Theresa
Mr Abayomi Abolaji, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Education, emphasised that the government will continue to drive its policy of the “Leave no Child Behind” initiative.

THE Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Education, has reaffirmed its commitment to free and qualitative education for school-aged children across the State.

Mr Abayomi Abolaji, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Education, said this during the monitoring of the conduct of the year 2023 placement test by Continuous Assessment Scores (CAS) at designated schools’ centres.

While addressing parents/guardians and stakeholders at the Eko Akete Grammar school, Lagos Island, he emphasised that the government will continue to drive its policy of “Leave no Child Behind” initiative to accommodate the Primary Six pupils who have completed their six years at Primary Level and are to be placed into Government public secondary schools in the State for the Year 2023/2024 academic session.

Maintaining that the Lagos State Government has greatly improved the education sector, the Permanent Secretary disclosed that children from both public and approved private schools are sitting for the examination.

Abolaji also informed that 176,316 candidates were duly registered for the examination, but 250,000 were estimated by the Ministry of Education to meet up with the State’s policy, while 405 centres across the State were provided for the test.

He also gave satisfactory remarks on the conduct of the examination, noting that the environment was very conducive and the sitting arrangements of the candidates were properly done to avoid examination malpractices.