Lagos unveils new safety guidelines for private schools

Henceforth private schools in Lagos State must conduct safety audits every term and maintain incident logbook for all accidents within their facilities.

The Director-General of Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC), Mrs. Dominga Odebunmi, who disclosed this yesterday, said the agency will not hesitate to sanction errant schools.

Odebunmi said government will concentrate on strengthening the capacity of school owners and managers to promote safety consciousness.

She spoke at a news conference on the forthcoming first safety management conference scheduled for November 27-29.

The conference, which she said is mandatory for all private schools in the state, is organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and an educational consultancy firm, SchoolRun Nigeria.

It holds at the University of Lagos multipurpose hall, Akoka for schools on the mainland while schools on the Island will use the Lagos City Hall.

Those at the suburbs will attend the conference at the Assembly Hall, Grail land, Iju Hills, Agege.
Odebunmi said: “safety experts from within and outside the country will seek to update the knowledge of all school owners to the entire gamut of safety to ensure their schools are poised for safety certification, aid schools in innovating safety techniques, acquire knowledge on minimising injuries and risks to health and promoting safety consciousness among pupils and students.”

(The Nation)