Lagos to sanction schools over failure to resume on Jan 4
Posted by Ahmed Iyanda | 3 years ago | 1,712 times
The Lagos State Government has vowed to take disciplinary actions against public and private schools that failed to resume on January 4, 2022, approved date as they frowned at the non-compliance with the stipulated academic calendar by some of these schools.
This was made known in a statement titled, ‘LASG frowns at non-compliance with academic calendar by some schools’, issued by the Director-General of the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, where she said the state government has begun the compilation of names of those that refused to comply with the Tuesday, January 4, 2022, resumption date.
Seriki-Ayeni made it known that part of the mandate of the office is to develop a harmonized 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.
She said agreement was made, which was communicated to all schools and associations to ensure equal educational standards and learning systems and expressed reservations over the non-compliance with the approved resumption date by some schools.
“Last term, it was observed that despite extensive sensitisation on the importance of having a synchronized school calendar, many schools refused to comply with the mid-term break as mandated in accordance with the academic calendar.
“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 notify 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.’’
She noted that the compliance means that the academic calendar in order to ensure 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.
The Director-General also implored school owners to focus on values in schools and engage parents, students and staff on the need to come to school prepared in order to have a strong start.
