Lagos State Explains New Date For Primary School Resumption

The Lagos State Government on Sunday informed new closing and resumption dates for schools in the state and the dates only affect public primary schools.

According to the Information and Strategy Commissioner for Gbenga Omotoso, the new dates would not affect closing and resumption dates for private schools and government public secondary schools.

It was gathered that the statement was made to allow the government to implement extensive retraining of teachers and prepare them for the new term in 2020.

He also said that the statement doesn’t affect the curriculum of Lagos State private and public schools and that Lagos state will continue to implement her existing curriculum across the state.”

He then urged members of the public to ignore any misleading information contrary to the official statement.

The Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu also promised to invest heavily in capacity training for the public servants especially teachers in order to make them realize its vision for a technologically driven education system.