Mid-term: Lagos schools go on one week break

THE Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, has declared that public and private primary and secondary schools in Lagos State are to go on a week-long mid-term break, starting from November 1 to November 5, this year. 

A statement by the Director-General, OEQA, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, said all schools are to resume on November 8, 2021, for instructional learning hours by 2021/2022 harmonised school calendar by the OEQA, Ministry of Education. 

Seriki-Ayeni said the one-week break would afford schools the opportunity to internally upskill their teachers in various educational and developmental programmes, especially at this time of Coronavirus, where learning has gone beyond the physical four walls of the classroom.

She said: "They should also ensure they professionally enrich teachers to aid improved staff performance, effectiveness and efficiency as training and retraining is key to professional development in the 21st century. 

"They should use the opportunity to further put in place coronavirus safety and precautionary protocols as prescribed by the Lagos State Government for students’ wellness."Lagos schools go on one week mid-term break

THE Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, has declared that public and private primary and secondary schools in Lagos State are to go on a week-long mid-term break, starting from November 1 to November 5, this year. 

A statement by the Director-General, OEQA, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, said all schools are to resume on November 8, 2021, for instructional learning hours by 2021/2022 harmonized school calendar by the OEQA, Ministry of Education. 

Seriki-Ayeni said the one-week break would afford schools the opportunity to internally upskill their teachers in various educational and developmental programmes, especially at this time of Coronavirus, where learning has gone beyond the physical four walls of the classroom.

She said: "They should also ensure they professionally enrich teachers to aid improved staff performance, effectiveness and efficiency as training and retraining is key to professional development in the 21st century. 

"They should use the opportunity to further put in place coronavirus safety and precautionary protocols as prescribed by the Lagos State Government for students’ wellness."