Lagos State government has shut three private schools for operating illegally and contravening the guidelines on the establishment and operation of private schools in the State.
Lagos Shuts Three Private Schools
T Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye who made the disclosure listed the affected schools as Honesty Private School located at Nos. 4/6, Akintayo Akinbola Street, Surulere; Heibenah Montessori Schools located at No. 78, Agbebi Street, Ijeshatedo in Surulere and Elyon Ambassador Private School located at No. 3, Mabayoje Street, Oshodi.
According to the Commissioner, the affected schools were also operating in residential/converted structures wherein some shops were attached to the building in question without provision for special rooms and other required facilities.
It was discovered that they did not provide required records upon demands from officials of State Ministry of Education and where records were provided they were not properly updated. She added that one of the schools shared a fence with another registered private school,
Mrs. Oladunjoye pointed out that the building of one of the schools, Honesty Private School, is almost half sunk with visible large cracks on the walls while the school improvised with a container as a classroom for Primary III pupils, a situation that not only endanger the lives of students at the school but could apparently impact negatively on them during harsh weather.
She recalled that prior to the closure of the three schools; the state government had served the management of the Schools notices wherein they were advised to relocate to suitable purpose-built structures for their schools and report back on the compliance to the state Ministry of Education.
The Commissioner advised private schools operators to always abide with the rules and regulations guiding the establishment and operation of schools in the state, adding that by so doing, the standard of education could be raised to international standard.