Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode
Speaking on Monday at the 3rd quarterly stakeholders’ forum of
private schools owners held at the Lagos state secretariat in Alausa,
Ikeja, the state's deputy governor, Idiat Oluranti Adebule, disclosed
that 10, 444 private schools operating illegally in Lagos State may soon
lose their license.
According to TheCable News, the deputy
governor also revealed that the state government would commence
enumeration of all registered private schools operating from September
26, 2016.
“The enumeration exercise is aimed at providing the State
government with accurate data and necessary information on private
schools so as to set effective quality control mechanism in place and
monitor compliance.
“Government is not comfortable with our discovery that over
15,000 private schools are operating in the state and only just 4,556
are approved and registered.
“Let me state it clearly, henceforth, Lagos state government
will no longer allow private schools that are not duly registered by the
Lagos state ministry of education to operate in the state, their
operation becomes illegal henceforth in the state," she said.
Mrs Adebule further said a total of 119 prospective school owners
that applied for registration have been granted provisional approval
having met the guide lines set by the state government.
She warned that schools not registered or approved by the state
ministry of education will not operate, noting that some schools failed
to take the advantage the easy registration procedure put in place by
the State government.
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