”I am glad to note that our investment in the education sector has been yielding positive results.
”Our students’ performance has improved in examinations, national and international competitions. They also have improved morals, etiquette and confidence in public speaking.
”Lagos state public schools have consistently emerged overall best at the international Robotics Competition since 2015 and have continued to excellently represent Nigeria at this annual competition.
‘’Also, the Lagos state team emerged winners and our state was one of the bests at the 2021 National Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientist (JETS) Competition, which took place at the National Mathematical Centre, Kwali between February 21 and 27.
â¦State to unveil 300 more education projects next week
Four magnificent newly completed school buildings were unveiled on Thursday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu across three Local Government Areas (LGA) in Lagos State.
The multi-level ultra-modern buildings are part of the infrastructure projects completed by the Ministry of Education under the Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project (LMDGP), which is covering 970 basic and secondary schools across the State.
Sanwo-Olu inaugurated the school projects amid praises by teachers, students and their parents. As he stopped in each of the beneficiary schools to formally open the buildings, the Governor was warmly received by cultural troupes made up of pupils, singing in appreciation of the gesture.
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Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday that his administration’s intervention in the education sector in the state has begun to yield positive results, disclosing that his government had so far completed over 1,097 projects covering 970 schools across the state within the last two years.
The governor said this during the commissioning of four Lagos State School infrastructure projects, just he expressed joy that students’ performance had improved in examinations, national and international competitions, among others.
The projects, which were commissioned, include a block of 18 classrooms with administrative offices, library, laboratory block, toilets, and borehole each at Igbobi Junior College, Somolu; Fazil Omar Senior High School, Iwaya; Onike Girls Junior High School, Yaba and Akintan Iwaya Junior Grammar School, Surulere.