This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos by Mr Orunsolu Adebayo, Director, Lagos State Examinations Board.

“The Examinations Board wishes to inform Public Junior Secondary Schools, approved Private Junior Secondary and Special Schools that deadline for Payment and Registration for the Year 2023 BECE earlier fixed for April 14 has been extended to April 28 2023,” Adebayo said.

According to the statement, the extension became necessary due to the hitches encountered by schools arising from the network problem to the current economic realities.

“To this end, the Examinations Board, therefore, implores all affected schools to use this opportunity as excuses will not be entertained after the expiration of the new date,” he added.

According to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr. Abayomi Abolaji, the device gives users the power to build and programme robotics through the intuitive software programme.

This was contained in a statement issued by the state and made available to newsmen on Tuesday.

The statement read in part, “Addressing the students during the presentation at the conference room of the ministry at the secretariat, Ikeja, the Permanent Secretary, represented by the Director of Basic Education Services, Mr. Adeyemi Adebayo, described the initiative as a way of enhancing the artificial intelligence of students to create a future where complex and evolving challenges can be solved through the robotic system.

“Abolaji also emphasised the need for the students to explore the talent and creative mindsets within them to achieve a greater height through technology, just as he encouraged them not to limit their thinking to their preferred careers but explore other areas of human endeavours by thinking outside the box and remain tech-driven.”

On his part, the Director of Science and Technology Department of the ministry, Mrs. Grace Akinfoyewa, praised public schools in the state for the wins recorded in robotic competitions at both national and international levels.

This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the Head, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi.

Accoeding to the statement, the state will adopt a phased approach in the opening of public schools.

“The present JSS 3 and SSS 2 students in public schools in the State are to resume classes from Monday, 21st of September, 2020.

“The resumption will permit the present JSS 3 students who are already in an exit class to revise and get adequately prepared for their forthcoming Basic Education Certificate Examination organised by the Lagos State Examination Board and scheduled between Tuesday, 6th and Monday, 12th of October, 2020.

“The resumption will also afford the present SSS 2 students an opportunity to prepare effectively for their transition to SSS 3. The scheduled dates and venues for Entrance Examination into Lagos State Model Colleges will soon be announced by the State Examination Board.

“This phased approach to opening will enable public schools to meet COVID-19 social distance rules and safety protocols and will help us watch the behaviour of the pandemic as we gradually open up our schools,” the statement read in part.

The Head, Public Affairs Unit, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr. Kayode Abayomi,  who quoted the Education Commissioner Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo in a statement said the seminar which held virtually with the theme; “Mitigating Strategies against Erosion in the Education Sector” was to upgrade the teachers’ skills for resumption.

“The objective is to remain relevant and productive during the Post-COVID era, hence the urgent need to equip our teachers with necessary skills to face and overcome challenges posed by the pandemic becomes imperative,” she said.

Mrs. Adefisayo also advised that in order for teachers to manage pupils when they return to the classroom, they will need to consider the challenges they may have faced during the long stay from school.

She said some of them may have experienced hunger, sexual abuse, domestic violence, emotional, social, and psychological vices, urging the teachers to show love to and reassure their pupils that this phase cannot hinder their bright future.

The training covered three key areas – “Graphology – An Essential Tool in Predictive Learning,” “Effective Communication for developing, maintaining an all-round stable learner” and “Child’s Right, Laws (Where to Find Help for the Unstable Learner).”