Lagos moves to enforce unified academic calendar for public, private schools

The Lagos State Government has commenced moves to present a unified world calendar for the 2026/2027 league for some nationalist and backstage schools crossed the state.

A connection issued by the Lagos State authorities said the process was flagged disconnected connected Wednesday during a stakeholders’ gathering organised by the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) astatine the NUT Pavilion successful Alausa, Ikeja.

Speaking astatine the meeting, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun, called for stronger practice among stakeholders, stressing the request for accountability, teamwork and strict adherence to laid-down standards successful schools.

He explained that the projected calendar, erstwhile finalised, would beryllium compulsory for each schools, covering cardinal areas specified arsenic teaching periods, holidays and introspection timelines.

According to him, the inaugural is designed to beforehand uniformity crossed the acquisition strategy and amended learning outcomes, noting that inclusive information is captious for lasting progress.

Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Abisola Dokunmu-Adegbite, described a harmonised world calendar arsenic indispensable for continuity, ratio and semipermanent readying successful th...