Lagos State Education District II has launched the education toll-free line to assist students’ academic performance, provide Guidance and Counselling and also for feedback from members of the public about the state of schools within the Districts.
The line which was launched by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, was part of several other projects delivered by the District, including Yoruba and English compilation of Spelling Bee booklets among others.
Speaking during the official unveiling of the projects, the Lagos State Head of Service, acknowledged the giant strides made by Education District II to stand out among other districts in the State.
Muri-Okunola expressed conviction that the toll-free line (08001235553) and other educational materials that made the 10-in-1 projects delivered by the District would put the District on a pedestal that would be difficult to match within a short time.
He counselled the students to make use of the toll-free lines to interact with their teachers for improved academic performance just as he also urged parents and members of the public to engage the management of Education District II on how to improve the general state of schools within the District, using the dedicated toll-free line.
The Head of Service also called on the management of the District to create an enabling environment for those in the Guidance and Counselling Unit so that they can continue to strengthen and nurture school children on the path to success.
He commended the Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS) of District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye, describing her as an administrator that can bring something out of nothing, adding that the numerous feats recorded by the District under her leadership attest to the fact.
“There is a general saying that when you give a big office to a myopic person, the big office will become small within a short time, but when you give a small office to a visionary and audacious administrator, the small office will be turned to a big and enviable office and this is exactly what Mrs. Anike Adekanye has done here in this District,” Muri-Okunola stated.
In a similar vein, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo implored both the teaching and non-teaching staff of the District to be mindful of how they relate with the students.
She stated that the students’ future can either be made or marred by the teachers and other staff through the way they treat and interact with them.
Earlier, the TG/PS of Education District II, Mrs. Anike Adekanye, also alluded to the importance of having toll-free lines for the use of the school in addition to other lofty innovations introduced by the District.
Adekanye said that she was proud to showcase Arowolo Boluwatife Iseoluwa, of Elepe Community Junior Secondary School, Elepe, whose two books were unveiled as part of the projects launched at the event by the Head of Service.
She listed the 10-in-1 projects to include commissioning the newly renovated Immaculate Heart Comprehensive High School Hall with three Cubicle Toilets and a Generator House, Launching of Spelling Bee Manual (Yoruba and English Languages) Special Edition, and Launching of dedicated toll-free line.
Others are the distribution of office equipment to the EMIS Unit, the distribution of 400 uniforms to schools, the graduation ceremony for 50 Coding Students, the graduation ceremony for 50 Vice Principals – ICT Trainees, the celebration of outstanding achievements in WASSCE and BECE 2022, the Launch of books by JSS3 student, Arowolo Boluwatife Iseoluwa, of Elepe Community Junior Secondary School, Elepe and Appreciating Officers of Education District II.