In Lagos, plans are ongoing for the establishment of a radio station solely dedicated to education.
The State is also planning to establish six mathematics laboratories and four mono academies to reduce the pressure on Universities and cater for students interested in specific fields
Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo who announced this in Alausa Ikeja while giving the scorecard of her Ministry in the last one year, said arrangements are also being made to develop two additional vocational centres
She said during the period under review, 1,097 projects across 970 schools were completed, about 697 million naira was paid for external examinations for students by the State Government while smart tablets were given to students in public schools.
Mrs Adefisayo said plans are also being made to equip public schools with another thirty thousand digital tablets to improve learning.
On his part, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab who said 28 thousand final year students selected from all tertiary Institutions in the State were trained to enable them fit into the job and entrepreneurship market stressed the commitment of the current administration's resolve to deploy technology in the training and equipping of students for them to be in tune with their global counterparts.
He said plans are ongoing to transform the Michael Otedola College of Education into a University of Science and Technology.
Kemi Adebayo
