By Grace Edema
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has granted permission for students in terminal classes to access Chrisland High School, Opebi, for physical learning ahead of their examinations due to begin soon.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, in a statement, said this in reference to and as an update on the case of a deceased student of the school, Whitney Adeniran.
Adeniran died during the school’s inter-house sport which took place at the Agege Stadium.
According to the commissioner, “the school will remain closed until all necessary judicial processes superintended over by the state’s Ministry of Justice and other ongoing administrative inquests within the purview of the Office of Education Quality Assurance and other agencies are completed.”
She also added that arrangements were ongoing for other categories of students to return to school.
The commissioner added that “the temporary permission to allow the terminal classes comprising JSS3 and SS3 students access to the school was granted to enable them to participate in their terminal examinations.
“The ministry, with support of the Lagos State Joint Task Force in charge of the implementation of the child protection policy and safeguarding, which is made up of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, such as the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Office of Education Quality Assurance and others, will continue to engage with Whitney Adeniran’s family.”
Source: The Punch
