Lagos orders relocation of 64 private schools


 

Ex-Officio, League of Muslim School Proprietors in Lagos State, Sulaimon Anthonio (left); Chairman, Fatai Raheem; Guest Speaker and Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Ronke Soyombo; and others at the LEAMSP’s school managers’ workshop.

The Lagos State government has directed 64 private primary and secondary schools to relocate because of their alleged non-conduciveness for human and educational activities. The number is from over 6,000 private schools operating across the state.

The Director-General, Office of Quality Assurance, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo who disclosed this at the annual school managers’ workshop organised by the League of Muslim School Proprietors (LEAMSP) in Ikeja, recently.

Soyombo said the affected schools were operating in either swampy or flooding areas or very dirty and poorly ventilated structures as well as in places totally unsafe for human beings.