Lagos announces staggered resumption of schools

The Lagos State Government has announced resumption guidelines for the 2021/2022 Academic Session for public and private schools across the State.

This was contained in a statement by Ganiu Lawal, Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education.

According to the statement on Monday in Lagos, schools are expected to resume on September 13, while for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools, students are to resume in batches from September 19, 2021.

According to the statement, Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, Lagos State, explained that boarders in the Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools and SS2 students seeking placement into SS3 class would resume September 10.

The statement added: “The revision for this class will run from September 20 to September 26, while promotion examination to SS3 class will start from September 27 to October 8, 2021.

“The newly admitted JS1 students into Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools are to resume October 2 for one-week orientation programme which will intimate them on the secondary school structure and modalities.”

Adefisayo added that other returning students in JSS 2, JSS 3, SS1 and SS2 in the various Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools are to resume on October 9, while classes for these set of students will begin on October 11, 2021.

The Commissioner revealed that the adoption of staggered resumption for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools was due to the presence of 2020/2021 SS3 students currently writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

She explained that the ongoing WASSCE will end on October 6, 2021 and the fact that these schools cannot accommodate seven sets in the boarding system.

Adefisayo, therefore, appealed to parents to abide by the new development for a smooth academic session and advised pupils/students to take their academics more seriously and devote more time to their studies.

The Commissioner wished the students a successful academic session.