Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, reiterated that his government would commit more resources to ensure that all out-of-school children are returned to school immediately.
The Governor gave this assurance at the opening session of the 2022 Lagos State Education Summit, with the theme: ‘Creating a Sustainable Fit-for-Purpose Education Model.
Sanwo-Olu emphasised the need to collaborate with stakeholders in the education sector to register more schools that would be monitored by the government in order to check how they are impacting the students. He stressed that his government has made significant investments in the education sector in the last three years, stressing his administration’s commitment to continue to prioritize the development of the sector through an increase in the budget.
“This government has completed over 1,000 education projects in the last three years because improved education is one of the legacies we wish to leave behind. And we are also happy because the summit came at the right time when the state has recorded improvement in the West African Examination Council (WAEC) results from 40 per cent to 80 per cent.
“Education is not just a pillar in one of our THEMES agenda, it’s one of the dividends of democracy and one of the cardinal objectives of our administration. We see it as one of the tools that can end poverty in our system. We are not paying lip service to education, we are taking it seriously. Education has continued to receive an increased budget in our administration,” the Governor said.
The Governor, who joined the event virtually, added that his administration has improved the learning environment and promised to do more in the coming years.
He said, “We believe we can do more. At the end of the summit, we can have a real conversation with the private schools and work with them to ensure we get more out of out-of-school children.”
