Commissioner Clears Concern Over Entry Age Limit For Junior Secondary Students In Lagos

The Ministry of Education in Lagos State said its attention has been drawn to an unsigned and undated statement about age limit for Junior Secondary School entrants circulating in the social media. The statement had earlier been debunked in Y2020. 

According to Folasade Adefisayo, Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Education, the statement says that Lagos State Government will from next academic session enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into JSS1 to check underage registration and also stipulated sanction for violators.

“The Lagos State Ministry of Education wishes to categorically state that there was no such circular issued by the State Government. What was wrongly published and circulated was not a policy statement, but an internal memorandum containing suggestions and summary of discussions that was drafted after a consultative meeting.”

“The meeting was held with relevant stakeholders in the Education sector in Y2020 on how to implement the National Policy on Education in the State.” 

“The above clarification was clearly stated in a Press Release from the Ministry in April, 2020. However, the statement was dug up and shared again via social media to create confusion and other reasons best known to the perpetrators.”

“The Ministry urges the general public to ignore the statement and be rest assured that the Ministry will always involve stakeholders in policy decisions and implementation at anytime” the statement concluded.