LAGOS APPROVES HARMONIZED 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR
By Adetokunbo Fakeye
Lagos State Government has approved a revised and harmonized schools’ calendar for the 2014/2015 Academic Session for all public and private schools in the state.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, who disclosed this today in Lagos, urged all private schools’ operators of both primary and secondary schools in the state to adhere strictly to the new school calendar and the subsequent one.
She, however, noted that schools affiliated with embassies, missions and those who usually present candidates for international examinations may be given a window of flexibility of one week before and after official resumption date.
In her words, “private schools should adhere strictly to the 2014/2015 Academic Year Calendar and subsequent ones in the opening, resumption and mid-term dates. However, schools affiliated with Embassies, Missions as well as those presenting candidates for International examinations may be given a window of flexibility of one week before and after official resumption or closing dates but they must comply with the mid-term dates”.
The Commissioner stressed that it is important and compulsory for all schools in the state to complete the 38 to 39 weeks of academic contact period with the students in order to adequately cover their schools’ curriculum as it is done in other parts of the world.
“It is mandatory for all Schools to complete the 38 to 39 weeks of academic contact periods where the curriculum is well covered by schools as seen in other developed countries. Regular monitoring visits will be made to private schools while Schools that do not comply with the Academic Year Calendar will be sanctioned,” she added.
According to the approved 2014/2015 Academic Year Calendar, students and pupils are expected to resume for the first term academic session on Monday, 15th September, 2014, have the mid-term break on Thursday, 27th and Friday, 2.