Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that his administration’s interventions in education are creating positive impacts in the sector.
Governor Sanwo-Olu made the assertion while commissioning four school infrastructure projects on Thursday, saying such interventions have led to the completion of 1,097 projects covering 970 schools across the state in about two years.
The projects commissioned yesterday include a block of 18 classrooms with administrative offices, library, laboratory block, toilets, and borehole each at Igbobi Junior College, Fazil Omar Senior High School and Iwaya Onike Girls High School, Iwaya and a block of 18 classrooms at the Akintan Junior Grammar School.
“I am glad to note that our investment in the education sector has been yielding positive results. Our students’ performance has improved in examinations, national and international competitions. They also have improved morals, etiquette, and confidence in public speaking.
‘’Public schools in Lagos State have consistently emerged the overall best at the international Robotics Competition since 2015 and have continued to excellently represent Nigeria at this annual competition.”
The governor added that Lagos’ team emerged winners and the state was one of the best at the 2021 National Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientist (JETS) Competition, which took place at the National Mathematical Centre, Kwali between February 21 and 27 while the state also won 11 medals and 10 cups in various categories.
‘’At the recently concluded Maltina School Games we emerged the overall best state, with our students clinching 21 gold medals. These and many other feats are a testament to the improvement in the quality and standard of education in our public schools,’’ he said.
The governor who acknowledged the contributions of teachers in the state to the success of the students, however, pointed out that the infrastructure being put in place in public schools would amount to nothing if they were not complemented by competent, dedicated and passionate teachers.
State commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo said the promise of the governor to deliberately focus on education as a major pillar in the administration’s policy thrust — THEMES Agenda, has been served within the two years the government has been in place.
“The administration has demonstrated commitment to fulfilling the promises with such indices as yearly increase in budgetary allocation; completion of outstanding projects to the highest possible standards; investing in new schools; construction of new school buildings and upgrade of existing ones; and integrating technology into teaching and learning processes.’’
According to Adefisayo, the ultimate goal of the state is to ensure that all students in the state receive quality education under a conducive environment.
