Lagos state set to shutdown 10,444 unregistered private schools

The Lagos State Government, Nigeria has revealed plans to shutdown 10,444 unregistered private schools in the state. The Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Oluranti Adebule,made the disclosure at the 3rd quarterly stakeholders’ forum of private schools owners held at the Secretariat, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday.
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.”