The Lagos State government on Wednesday said 5,300 stakeholders will take part in its 2022 Education Summit aimed at raising the standard of education in the state.
The summit will attract stakeholders across the education sector to discuss matters relating to developing quality assurance in the education sector in the state and country.
Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, said government believed it was important to engage stakeholders towards co-creating new ideas and solutions for the development of education in Lagos State and Nigeria at large.
According to her, all stakeholders in the public and private education sector in Lagos State, such as: educators, school owners and administrators, parents, students, education researchers, NGOs, education consultants and private sector development partners, would gather to discuss critical matters of concern touching on the theme of the Summit tagged “Creating a Sustainable Fit-For-Purpose Education Model” with the sub-theme “Prioritizing Education in the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda and the 30 Year Lagos Development Plan”.
“Education related agencies and institutions such as the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Examination Council (NECO), Education Research Institutes and universities will also participate in the conversation at the summit.
“As part of the strategy to harness resources as well as best brains from across the world and deliver the desired quality education to learners, Lagos State will host an Education Summit on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st of August, 2022,” she said.
The commissioner disclosed that the summit to be held in Lagos would also afford the Federal Ministry of Education, other federal education agencies and state Commissioners of education across the country “an opportunity to co-share ideas for the development of education in Nigeria.”
