The Lagos State Government has said the 2022/2023 Unified Academic Calendar for both public and private basic schools helps to maintain standard and uniformity in its schools.
A statement from the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, noted that the unified calendar would ensure that schools are held accountable on the same standards.
Seriki-Ayeni disclosed that the preliminary stakeholders’ meeting on 2022/2023 Unified Academic Calendar was strategically carried out to give room for more stakeholders’ input while the interactive session was also another avenue to gather real-time data and feedback on how to meet the needs of students while they were in school.
“The importance of a unified academic calendar cannot be over-emphasised as it gives the assurance that students spend productive instructional days in school and also serves as a pre-emptive measure in planning for unforeseen events and circumstances.
“Unified calendar will ensure that schools are held accountable on the same standards. The early start of the process is a proactive effort to expand stakeholders’ involvement so that multiple voices can be captured towards ensuring a 2022/2023 Academic Calendar that reinforces quality standard across the board,” she said.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Head of Department, Planning Research and Statistics, Mr Remi Abdul, stated that the modality for the 2022/2023 stakeholders’ meeting for the academic calendar changed because there was the need for more input from stakeholders’ to avoid any disagreement.
The meeting had in attendance 232 stakeholders from different associations such as All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools, Conference of Private Schools Associations in Lagos State, Association of Primary School Head Teachers of Nigeria, representatives of departments from the Ministry of Education as well as schools who do not belong to any association.
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