Lagos commences revalidation of schools examination codes

The Lagos State Examinations Board has concluded arrangements to hold a one-day sensitization programme for the revalidation of examination codes in public and approved private schools in the state.

According to a statement by Adebayo Orunsolu, Director of the Board, the programme has been scheduled for Thursday, October 26th, 2023, at 10 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Board.

Orunsolu stated that the objective of the exercise was to educate and enlighten the invited associations on the need for public and approved private schools in the state to revalidate their examination codes.

He noted that the exercise would go a long way towards eliminating existing multiple codes, facilitating proper documentation of records, and also sanitising the information of schools on the database of the Board.

“Representatives of each of the under-listed associations, particularly the President and the Secretary, are expected to attend the sensitization programme,” he added.

The Director listed expected bodies as the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), the Association of Islamic Model Schools, the League of Muslim Proprietors (LEAMPS), the Association of Formidable Education Developers (AFED), and the Lagos State Baptist Conference.

Others are the Lagos Methodist Schools, Christ Redeemers Schools Management, Association of Providers of Education in Nigeria (APEN), Catholic Mission Schools, Lagos Anglican Diocese, Association of International Schools Educators of Nigeria (AISEN), Accredited Private Schools Union (APSU), and Education Reformers Association of Nigeria, amongst others.

The Board, therefore, implored the invited associations to inform schools under their jurisdiction on the development to enable them to take part in the exercise, which will take place from November 1 to November 15.

“The verification exercise on the revalidation of schools’ examination codes is scheduled to hold for two (2) weeks at the premises of the Lagos State Examinations Board, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.

“The schools to be attended to during the first week are those operating in Agege, Ifako Ijaiye, Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos Mainland, Apapa, Amuwo Odofin, and Ikeja Local Government Areas of the State.

“Others operating in Alimosho, Somolu, Kosofe, Eti OSA, Epe, Surulere, Ojo, Badagry, and Oshodi Local Government Areas have been scheduled for the second week of the verification exercise,” he explained.

Orunsolu listed the required documents for the confirmation of the existing school examination codes as a Letter of Approval from the Ministry of Education and a Subject Recognition Inspection (SRI) Report for BECE only.

Also, a copy of the old payment receipts, the receipt for payment for the school code, the school code approval letter, and the payment receipts for the last examination

The Board also solicited the cooperation of all concerned stakeholders in the state to make the exercise a successful one.