The Lagos State Authorities on Thursday mentioned it has paid a complete sum of N4.2 billion to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for college students in 4 years.
Sanwo-Olu mentioned this in Ikeja, through the ministerial session of the 67th assembly of the Nationwide Council for Training (NCE), on the theme: “Addressing the Challenges of Coverage Implementation: A Panacea for Reaching the 2030 Training Agenda.”
The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Main and Main Training, Mr. Jamiu Alli-Balogun, mentioned the federal government had not defaulted within the cost of WAEC charges for all public faculty college students in SS3.
He mentioned the cost of examination charges was a coverage that began in 2000 when President Bola Tinubu was Governor of Lagos State.
Based on him, the intervention began in 2000 with a sum of N200 million however was a monetary legal responsibility of over N1 billion each year.
”Within the final 4 years, we’ve got paid over N4.2 billion to meet our promise of full cost of the West African Senior College Certificates Examination charges for our public faculty college students, to make sure that no pupil is left behind the highschool degree,” he mentioned.
Sanwo-Olu mentioned easy accessibility to training is one other space of focus for the federal government, no matter gender or potential.
He mentioned the federal government launched free training at major and secondary ranges with the enactment of the Lagos Obligatory Free Common Main Training Act of 2005.
The governor mentioned the regulation units forth a coverage to offer free, obligatory and common major training to each youngster of major and secondary faculty age and requires mother and father and guardians to make sure that youngsters of obligatory faculty age underneath their care attend faculty.
He mentioned this had achieved the specified outcome because the sector continued to see the variety of youngsters at these studying ranges enhance.
Sanwo-Olu mentioned the sector additionally continued to see a rise within the variety of colleges in creating and rural areas of the state.
He mentioned with authorities approval, a complete of six secondary colleges had been established between January and November to advertise easy accessibility to secondary training.
The governor mentioned adults weren’t left behind as 21 new grownup literacy facilities had been added to the present ones.
“We have now additionally established two new universities, the Lagos State College of Training and the Lagos State College of Expertise. All of those efforts are aimed toward increasing the alternatives of our teeming youngster and adolescent inhabitants.
”This above-mentioned coverage has attracted many pupils and college students from all around the nation. All states in Nigeria are represented within the register of all our public faculty college students.
“Via our Venture Zero Program, we’ve got lowered the variety of out-of-school youngsters by returning a complete of 11,957 college students to highschool and offering them with uniforms.
“There isn’t a denying that the socio-economic improvement of a rustic relies upon fully on the standard of training offered to its youngsters.
“This august physique should, subsequently, be sure that applicable methods and insurance policies are put ahead for efficient and environment friendly coverage implementation throughout the federation,” he mentioned.
Sanwo-Olu mentioned as a responsive authorities, his authorities has invested in digital gadgets as a continuation of the agenda to seamlessly merge training and know-how and improve the training system to satisfy international requirements.
He mentioned as a part of efforts to enhance educating and studying in major and secondary colleges throughout the state, the federal government has initiated over 1,449 initiatives, masking 1,036 colleges in all of the 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs.
The governor mentioned these initiatives embody the development, renovation and rehabilitation of dilapidated public colleges, and the availability of composite furnishings items to varsities, amongst different infrastructure initiatives.
