Insecurity: Lagos Govt Bans Vacation Tutorials

The Lagos State Government has canceled all forms of vacation teachings for secondary school students and Pupils in the Primary schools.

This measure is introduced to forestall any possible ugly situation like kidnapping and rape that may arise in public schools.

The state government had in a memo to all permanent secretaries, tutors-general of the six educational districts in the state, asked them to stop all forms of vacation teaching for rest of the year.
The government attributed the measure to ‘’present security situation and threats by kidnappers” in the state.

A source at the state Ministry of Education, who preferred anonymity, confirmed the directive, yesterday. The source said:
“The state government took the measure in order to find holistic solution to the recent cases of kidnapping and rape in public schools.”

To this end, government representatives will be meeting with stakeholders during the vacation period to deliberate and find a lasting solution to the ugly trend, especially with those schools in the riverine areas, once and for all.”

It was gathered that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed concern over the need to step up security around schools in the interest of the pupils.