Adhere to academic calendar, commissioner warns private schools

Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye

The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, has stressed the need for private primary and secondary schools in the state to adhere to the revised schools’ calendar for the 2014/2015 academic session.

She stated this on Thursday in a statement.

Oladunjoye, however, pointed out that schools affiliated with embassies, missions and those that present candidates for international examinations have a grace period.

She said, “Private schools should adhere strictly to the 2014/2015 academic year calendar and subsequent ones in the opening, resumption and mid-term dates.

“However, schools affiliated with embassies, missions as well as those presenting candidates for international examinations may be given a window of flexibility of one week before and after official resumption or closing dates but they must comply with the mid-term dates.”

Oladunjoye noted that it was compulsory for schools in the state to complete the 38 to 39 weeks of academic contact period with the pupils in order to adequately cover their curricula