The Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below tertiary level in Lagos State should be reopened for the second term 2020/21 academic session from Monday, 18th of January, 2021.

Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo who dropped the hint stated that the action was in line with the Federal Government’s directive coupled with the second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mrs. Adefisayo therefore enjoined all schools to make efforts to comply with all the outlined Covid-19 requirements for resumption schools.

“Not just for the improvement of overall school operations but for the safe reopening of academic activities to support the Lagos State Government’s quest for a full return.”

The Commissioner advised that schools should have flexible plans where students and teachers who feel sick can teach or learn from home via available online platforms, adding that schools should also strive to avoid any COVID-19 infection among all students and staff.

Mrs. Adefisayo also enjoined teachers, students and visitors to wear facemasks at all times, observe physical distancing, embrace regular hand washing with soap under running water and maintain a high standard of personal hygiene within the school premises.

…as Oyo Assembly passes ownership bill

Oyo State government has officially become sole owner of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho.

This follows a bill passed into law by the Oyo State House of Assembly during plenary on Monday, December 21st 2020.

The institution was proposed to have a multi-campus structure which generated arguments among lawmakers.

The proposition was contained in a report on the bill presented by the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology.

Some of the lawmakers expressed concern on some clauses, which were either inserted or expunged in the committee report.

The situation led Speaker Adebo Ogundoyin to rule that the bill be subjected to a clause by clause consideration by the entire Assembly at the day’s plenary.

Ruling in favour of multi-campus for LAUTECH, Ogundoyin gave instances of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, which also had other campuses, yet the standard of the institution was not diminished, as feared for LAUTECH in some quarters.