Lagos hired 3,000 teachers in one year

 Kofoworola Belo-Osagie

Lagos Commissioner for Education Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo has stated the state hired 3,000 primary and secondary school teachers to boost teaching and learning in its 1,500 schools in the past one year.

Speaking during the annual Ministerial Press Briefing of the Ministry at the JJT Park, Alausa Ikeja on Tuesday, the Commissioner said that the education sector, which represents the third pillar of the THEMES agenda of the present administration, has witnessed tremendous improvements, placing high premium on quality of teaching and learning in all schools in the State.

She said many of the 16,000 teachers in the state’s employ had also benefited from training organised at education district and state levels.

The Commissioner, while presenting the activities and achievements of the Ministry, also pointed out it remains a critical success factor for the socio- economic development of an emerging economy that encourages responsible citizenship, development of human capacity and the crucial support for a transition into a knowledge based economy.

Adefisayo revealed the Lagos State Government’s plans for Education are being executed along key strategic areas under the Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (BOS) Education Transformation Plan 2020 with initiatives and intervention projects.

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She intimated that the Ministry had embarked on the construction and upgrading of Public Schools’ infrastructure across the State with the completion of 6 blocks of 92 classrooms in primary schools and 3 blocks of 54 classrooms in secondary schools at different parts of the State which is aimed at easing classroom congestion while ensuring capacity develop and welfare of students. “In addition, the State government under the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) intervention projects also commenced the delivery of 10,164 furniture and 60,000 chair table units to public schools state wide.

She added that Governor Sanwo-Olu had approved the establishment of well-equipped standard science laboratories in 11 senior secondary schools and the five Government Technical Colleges as well as the rehabilitation of 60 schools.