Lagos govt to establish comprehensive schools under public-private partnership
The Lagos State Government says it has concluded arrangements to establish comprehensive schools across the state through the public-private partnership (PPP).
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, said this in a statement issued by Mr Ganiu Lawal, the Public Relations Officer, the state Ministry of Education.
Adefisayo said that the intervention was aimed at providing a suitable career path for students based on their profile of intelligence, intellectual and skill competence.
She spoke at a Strategic Stakeholders Meeting with public/private institutions and individual stakeholders at The Zone, Workforce Group Gbagada, in Lagos.
“The essence of establishing comprehensive schools is to produce students who can fit into the workplace requirements.
“This is fit for purpose plan in addition to the current education system that will provide opportunities for employment and path to entrepreneurship,” Adefisayo said.
The commissioner explained that the initiative would give students opportunities to maximise either academics or skills acquisition.
She added that the initiative would reduce the increasing rate of school dropouts and actively engage the students in their various skills interest.
“The additional knowledge gain will positively give them source of living while still in school and encourage them to be employers of labour,” Adefisayo added.
She said that the forum was organised to brief and solicit support of stakeholders on the plans by the Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration in turning around education through the initiative.
She called for stakeholders’ views and opinions toward actualising the vision.
According to her, the engagement is also expected to collate manpower needs of private organisations.
She said that it was also to see how students of the proposed comprehensive schools can add value to these organisations to reduce the rate of unemployment in the state.
The commissioner, who solicited partnership and involvement of all Public-Private stakeholders, emphasised the plans of the state to kick-start the project in 2022, as directed by the governor.
