The Lagos State Government, through the Agency for Mass
Education, will commence shutdown of all unregistered Tutorial and Continuing
Education Centres (CECs) in Lagos State effective from Monday, 11th September
2017.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor
on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said the closure is necessitated by the
refusal of some operators of Tutorial and Continuing Education Centres to
comply with the State’s directive to register their Centres and pay up their
annual dues after several notices from the State.
Bank-Olemoh said the government suspended an earlier
clampdown on such Tutorial and Continuing Education Centres after a closed door
meeting with critical stakeholders in the sector on Monday, September 26, 2016.
According to him, the stakeholders agreed to cooperate
with the State in its pursuit of standardizing the educational sector in line
with international best practices, while pledging their commitment to improving
the quality of Education in the State by maintaining high-level standards and
professionalism.
He revealed that failure of the tutorial and continuing
education centres to comply with government’s directive after several follow up
engagements has led to the resolve to commence the clamp down exercise, through
the Agency for Mass Education, in line with Edict No 2, Section 4.3 of 1991
that mandates the Agency to control the activities of all Tutorial and
Continuing Education Centres in the State.
Bank-Olemoh stated that “Lagos residents enrol in these
tutorial centres and as government; we must ensure that quality service is
delivered to our people. We must set standards and enforce it.”
The statement, however, urged operators of Tutorial and
Continuing Education Centres across the State to get registered with the Agency
for Mass Education and comply with all laid down regulations, including payment
of stipulated fees, to avoid being shut down.
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