Lagos Govt makes resident registration compulsory for school admission

The Lagos State Government has directed each nationalist and backstage schools successful the authorities to marque valid Lagos State Residents Registration Agency, LASRRA, registration a compulsory request for admitting and enrolling learners from the 2026/2027 world session.

The directive volition instrumentality effect on Monday, September 14, 2026, arsenic schools are expected to get and papers the valid LASRRA registration numbers of learners during the admittance and enrolment process.

This was disclosed successful a connection issued by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, Adepeju Adeyemi, and made disposable to journalists on Friday.

According to Adeyemi, the directive was approved by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Tolani Alli-Balogun, and is being implemented done the OEQA arsenic portion of the government’s efforts to make a broad and verifiable database of learners crossed Lagos State.

Alli-Balogun said the inaugural was designed to supply the authorities with dependable accusation that would heighten planning, monitoring and work transportation wrong the acquisition sector.

The commissioner, according to the statement, sai...