Lagos State Government is set to deliver about 300 classrooms into the public school system, just as it continues rehabilitation work on 134 public primary and secondary schools, as part of efforts to revamp the infrastructural decay in the Lagos education sector.
The Chairman, Special Committee on Rehabilitation of Public Schools, Mr. Hakeem Smith, stated that in the past year, Lagos State has embarked on massive public schools infrastructure renewal and rehabilitation programme, adding that no school will be left behind in the exercise.
Pointing out that seven new hostel blocks comprising of 1400 beddings are also nearing completion in the model colleges, Smith stated that eight watchtowers with alarm bells and perimeter fences to enhance security have been put in place in the schools.
The Chairman said: "We work closely with the Lagos State Infrastructure Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA) to ensure periodic checks on the schools and also implore the school teachers and principals to take ownership and responsibility for the infrastructure provided for them”.
He also hinted that part of SCRPS future plans include the rehabilitation of more public primary and secondary schools, building new schools and new classroom blocks in existing schools, provision of furniture for students, teachers and principals, incorporating lnformation Communication Technology (ICT) to drive teaching and learning, providing school buildings and undertaking green initiatives.
Others, according to him, are the improvement of schools' environment to support students with special needs, use of interactive screens, tablets and the like to develop the lT skills of the students.
He added that one such initiative has commenced at the Vetland Junior Grammar School, Agege, with a modular construction type building that would be replicated in all the six education districts in the State.
