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Ahead of the new school session commencing on September 5, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board’s (LASUBEB) EKOEXCEL has asked parents and guardians to enrol their children in public primary schools for maximum learning gains.
EKOEXCEL is an educational intervention launched in 2019 by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to transform Lagos public primary schools through technology deployment.
To ensure more Lagosians benefit from the intervention while reducing the number of out-of-school children in alignment with the government’s ‘Leave No Child Behind Policy’, EKOEXCEL has reiterated that its doors are wide open to receive fresh students.
“We are ready to receive our returning and fresh pupils to public primary schools across the state. Parents and guardians should know have nothing to fear by sending their wards to us. Empirical findings show the dramatic improvements in our schools, and we are not going to compromise on our standards,” executive chairman of LASUBEB, Wahab Alawiye-King, said.
The LASUBEB chair affirmed Governor Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to education development and added that parents and guardians don’t have to become indebted to send their children to school as public schools are free and have high standards.
“Lagosians, please enrol your children into public primary schools. We have enough facilities for them as they learn in fun environments and engage in extracurricular activities, all overseen by well-motivated teachers. Our innovative technology has vastly improved pupils-teachers interaction and ensured learning extends well beyond the classrooms,” he said.
Parents recently lauded EKOEXCEL’s impact, especially the excellent performance of Lagos pupils in the last National Common Entrance Examination. Three pupils of Lagos public primary schools were just five points behind the overall best student, who scored 201 out of 210.
