The Lagos State Government
has announced the introduction of personal identification number (LASPIN) to
capture biometric data of students in all public schools i.e. elementary and
secondary schools.
This is contained
publication was made available to journalists on Sunday in Lagos by the public
relations officer of the Ministry of Education, Mr. Jide Lawal.
The statement quoted the
deputy governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, saying LASPIN will be a unique identity number
for each student throughout their stay in the educational system of the state.
Adebule, who oversees the
ministry, said that the process of transferring students in the state now
simplified using the LASPIN.
According to Adebule, LASPIN
control and discourage abuse and make the process of transferring from one
school to another, more transparent.
The deputy governor was also
quoted as expressing the government's determination to improve passing grades for
students of Lagos State in external examinations from three percent to 60
percent in 2019.
He said the government is
committed to adopting the platform of e-CV / solution to help teachers access
to curriculum materials and the program directly from the Research and
Development of the National Education Council (NERDC) .. .
He also said that the
introduction and adoption of e-CV platform / solution ensures uniformity and
facilitate the development of lesson plans and teacher's guide from the website
of the ministry.
Adebule said intensive
surveillance and monitoring of teaching and learning for school by office
quality control were designed to meet the established standards.
The deputy governor said the
rules were established by both the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and
the National Examinations Council (NECO).
"Government will carry
out the systematic introduction and exposure of students to ICT-based teaching
and learning tools for example, given out tablets to students from the senior
secondary stage.
"This is in order to
make teachers and students compete globally and be conversant with the modern
'trend', he said in the statement.
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