The Lagos State Government has begun a training programme for more than 350 education quality assurance officers ahead of the new academic session. The four-day workshop, organised by the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), is designed to strengthen monitoring and ensure compliance with standards in public and private schools.
Speaking at the opening, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, urged officials to combine firmness with courtesy in their dealings with school owners and administrators. He described evaluators as “partners who must be guided to conform to the state’s education standards,” adding that pupils’ and students’ interests must remain paramount.
He stated that the OEQA was central to safeguarding the quality of education in the state and expressed confidence that enhanced training would help evaluators identify gaps, enforce compliance, and promote excellence.
OEQA Coordinating Director, Remi Abdul, said the theme of the workshop, “Strengthening Professionalism and Integrity for Effective Quality Assurance Operations,” reflected the need for ethics in evaluation. He added that the agency’s role extended beyond compliance checks, describing it as “a responsibility to model excellence, uphold standards and reinforce confidence in Lagos State’s education system.”
