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Hon. Wahab Alawiye - King

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LASUBEB RESTATES COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVTIES. HOLDS Y2021 GAMES FESTIVAL

by LASUBEB Publicity unit | April 2nd 2021

Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB, recently concluded its three-day games festival for pupils in Public Primary Schools with an assurance that co-corricular activities would not be neglected across government schools in the State.

The Executive Chairman LASUBEB, Hon Wahab Alawiye-King who led Board Members and other participants at the competition held in Agege stadium. At the opening ceremony of the final football game, Alawiye-King said that the annual competition which commenced on Tuesday 30th March, 2021, was held to showcase the skills of the school pupils and inculcate in them the spirit of sportsmanship.

He maintained that Basic Education in Lagos State is not only focused on the cognitive and affective aspect of learning but also to develop the psychomotor domain of pupils.

He said that the government believes that no aspect of learning should be neglected considering the diverse inherent gifts, skills and abilities of school pupils.

At the final football game, Alimosho Local Government Education Authority(LGEA) emerged the winner of the game after a long drag with Agege LGEA while Mushin LGEA and others were rewarded in other competitions.

Hon. Alawiye-King alongside the Special Guest of the day, Chioma Ajunwa, first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event and permanent board members of LASUBEB presented medals to the winners.

Towards the sustenance of a safe learning environment, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) engaged in a strategic session with the management of the Lagos State Planning and Environmental Monitoring Agency (LASPEMA) in order to sanitize setbacks and incidental open spaces in Public Primary Schools during a courtesy visit to the Board. https://lasubeb.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/News/lasubeb_laspema_2.jpg At the meeting, Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King, Executive Chairman, LASUBEB commended the agency's efforts in maintaining compliance in accordance with the state's environmental plan and its seamless drive in the actualization of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu’s T.H.E.M.E.S agenda. https://lasubeb.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/News/lasubeb_laspema_3.jpg He noted that the infractions on setbacks and incidental open spaces is becoming alarming adding that the Board frowns at such encroachment and would soon commence enforcement exercise to dislodge illegal informal operators occupying the setbacks. saying, that such activities will hinder teaching and learning in the academic environment. Alawiye-King emphasized on the misuse of setbacks in schools and indiscriminate construction of shanties on open spaces which would no longer be tolerated. https://lasubeb.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/News/lasubeb_laspema_4.jpg General Manager LASPEMA, Town Planner Daisi Oso stated that all foms of criminal activities take place on setbacks and incidental open spaces, which are threats to the wellbeing of the pupils and teachers in the learning environment. Oso reiterated that LASPEMA is the agency saddled with the statutory responsibility to plan, supervise and designate setbacks for use in the State. He noted that LASPEMA is ready to collaborate with the Board in strategizing a model for landscaping around the school walls, creative paintings on the walls to improve the aesthetics as well as create a secured environment by ensuring closed circuit television is installed around the setbacks for surveillance purposes. https://lasubeb.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/News/lasubeb_laspema_5.jpg At the end of the strategic meeting, a five-man Committee was constituted comprising members from LASPEMA and LASUBEB charged with the responsibility of developing a model to facilitate the synergized visions with other MDAs of the State Government who have similar mandates.

BOUT 168,000 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THE YEAR 2022 PLACEMENT EXAMINATION… The Executive Chairman, LASUBEB, Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King disclosed this during the monitoring exercise of the annual transition examination organized for Primary 6 Pupils of Public and Private Primary Schools into Junior Secondary Schools in the State While monitoring some centers at Eti-Osa Local Government Education Authority, he mentioned that the examination is being held simultaneously in 366 centres across the state, stating that about 168,000 pupils sat for the placement examination. ![lasubeb_monitoring2022_4.jpeg](http://157.230.58.69/uploads/lasubeb_monitoring2022_4_494369873d.jpeg) He commended the Lagos State Examination Board for the seamless organization of the exercise, adding that the environment is not only conducive, but serene for the pupils to concentrate on their test. Alawiye- King averred that the Board is not only focusing on the retention of pupils in schools, but is also concerned about their transition into the next level of their educational pursuits. ![lasubeb_monitoring2022_2.jpeg](http://157.230.58.69/uploads/lasubeb_monitoring2022_2_1692817003.jpeg) “The state government has invested so much into Primary education by introducing technology into the classroom, which has in turn prepared the pupils for transition into the Junior Secondary Schools”, he said. ![lasubeb_monitoring2022_5.jpeg](http://157.230.58.69/uploads/lasubeb_monitoring2022_5_353f84bbc1.jpeg) Schools monitored include: Kuramo Junior Secondary School, Ireti Junior Community Grammar School, Ilado Community Junior High School and Akande Dahunsi Memorial Junior High School.

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