Education standard in Lagos state is my priority with PPP says Sanwo-Olu |Flycomnews

By Fashina Shakiru
Flycomnews

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has assured that his government set to collaborates with public private partnership (PPP)   to transform the state’s education sector in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S agenda.

The Governor who made this known during a public-private partnership dialogue at the Eko Hotels and Suites organised by the state ministry of education with the theme “creating a better future through education.” in Lagos.

He said it was necessary for the private sector to uphold the structures laid out by the government for the advancement of education, saying that the government alone cannot do it.

According to him,  the state has increased annual budgetary allocation of education from N65 billion in the previous year to N135 billion in 2020 was a demonstration of administration’s commitment to raise the quality of delivery in the sector.

Sanwo-Olu assured that his administration would continue to strengthen partnership with stakeholders and scale up capacity of the educational system through technology, infrastructure development in schools, among others to guarantee a better future for the children.

He recounted some of the successes his administration has recorded in the ministry in less than a year of piloting the affairs of the state and reiterated that he will continue to ensure that teaching becomes a competitive discipline in Lagos, saying that it was possible to pass world class knowledge to pupils.

“We’ve commissioned to build a total of about 60,000 chairs and tables and we’re hoping that we’ll wrap it up to about 100,000 before the end of the year.

“We’re pushing infrastructure in about 300 schools this year. We started with the first set of about 60. We have also set up a whole unit which we call School Rehabilitation and Infrastructure Development just to face school rehabilitation and development and we’re working with the ministry on that,” he said.