Lagos to shut 10,444 unregistered private schools

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Oluranti Adebule speaking at the 3rd quarterly stakeholders’ forum of private schools owners held at the Secretariat, Alausa in Ikeja,yesterday said the state government is ready to shutdown 10,444 unregistered private schools in the state.According to Adebule, out of the 15,000 private schools operating in the state, only 4,556 were registered and this is shocking and it calls for urgent action.
She said; “Government is not comfortable with our discovery that over 15,000 private schools are operating in the State and only just 4,556 are approved and registered; Let me state it clearly, henceforth, Lagos State Government will no longer allow private schools that are not duly registered by the Lagos State Ministry of Education to operate in the State, their operation becomes illegal henceforth in the State,”.