Download ~UPD~ Lagos State School Calendar
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It was also noted that another important reason for the change of dates bothers on safeguarding and child protection and convenience as a result of the presidential and National Assembly elections slated for Saturday, February 25, 2023, coinciding with the date boarding school students are expected to resume in the earlier in the schedule for the Second term harmonized 2022/2023 academic calendar.
In line with its mandate to ensure a harmonized academic school calendar for both public and private schools in Lagos State, the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Ministry of Education has released the approved harmonized school calendar for year 2022/2023 academic year.
According to the approved school calendar, schools below tertiary level in the State will be resuming for First Term (2022/2023 academic session) on Monday 5th September, 2022 and vacate on Friday 16th December, 2022.
The year 2022/2023 academic calendar embeds flexibility in schools and prioritizes harmonized instructional days of learning for all schools in the state to ensure that students spend productive learning hours in the classroom while schools are also held accountable on the same standards. It is pertinent to note that, according to the school calendar, schools are to maintain a minimum of 180 learning days.
All schools are enjoined to adhere strictly to the academic calendar and the important notes, as approved, for the delivery of quality and sustainable education in Lagos State in tandem with the T.H.E.M.E.S.agenda of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Education and Technology.
The Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Ministry of Education has released the approved harmonised school calendar for the 2022/2023 academic year, which is in line with its mandate to ensure a harmonised academic school calendar for both public and private schools in Lagos State.
According to the authorised school calendar, schools below the tertiary level in the State will reopen for the First Term (2022/2023 academic session) on Monday, September 5, 2022, and will close on Friday, December 16, 2022.
The academic calendar for the school year 2022/2023 emphasises school flexibility and harmonised instructional days of learning for all schools in the state to ensure that children spend productive learning hours in the classrooms while schools are held accountable on the same criteria. It is important to note that schools must maintain a minimum of 180 learning days each year, according to the school calendar.
As a result, the state government, assured stakeholders of prioritising harmonised and standardised instructional days of learning for all schools, in order to ensure children have the minimum standard of learning days and hours.
Over the course of this administration, we, as an office, have been able, in collaboration with our stakeholders to ensure that the calendar is enforced, that there is a greater understanding, and that at the end of the day, everything concerning the calendar is to support things that occur within schools.
Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, director-general of the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), has directed that both public and private primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resume on Monday, September 4, for the new academic calendar.
Seriki-Ayeni disclosed this on Monday, August 28, 2023, when she urged all Lagos schools to ensure strict compliance with the resumption date for the delivery of quality and sustainable education in the state.
Besides, she directed proprietors and school administrators to ensure strict compliance with the Lagos State Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, stressing that there must be full compliance with all safety protocols on school premises for a safe learning environment, as the state government remains committed to the delivery of quality education.
Educational information needs came third with 12%. This again isnot a surprise because it has been stated earlier that Borno is the mostneglected and backward. The information required in this area is first of allawareness on the importance of education in the development of the individualand the society, and most especially girl child education. The few who sendtheir children to school need information regarding school calendar, whenexaminations organized by external bodies such as JAMB, SSCE, GCE, areconducted, and what is expected of parents. They are also interested ininformation regarding government incentives such as scholarships andautomatic employment towards girl-child education.
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