Lagos gives public school pupils personal numbers

The Lagos State Government says it has introduced the Lagos State Student Personal Identification Number, LASPIN, for pupils in public schools.

It added that LASPIN included the capturing of the biometrics of pupils in its public primary and secondary schools.

The Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, said this on Sunday, explaining that LASPIN would be the unique identity of each pupil throughout their schooling period in the state’s educational system.

Adebule, who also supervises the Lagos State Ministry of Education, said, “LASPIN will streamline the transfer process of students in state’s schools, as it will make the process more transparent.

The deputy governor also pointed out that the government was determined to improve on the pass rate of Lagos State students in external examinations, especially those organised by WAEC and NECO, from the present 37 per cent to 60 per cent and above, by 2019.

She reiterated the commitment of the state government to the adoption of e-curriculum platform to assist teachers in accessing directly the subject curriculum and syllabus as released by the National Education Research and Development Council.

She said, “The introduction and adoption of the e-curriculum platform will guarantee uniformity as well as ease the development of a lesson plan and teacher’s guide from the ministry’s portal.”

Adebule said the government had been monitoring teaching and learning activities in schools to ensure that course works and tests were WAEC/NECO standards, adding that such would boost government’s efforts to achieve zero tolerance for failure and poor performance in public schools.

She said, “Improved local and international training and development programmes for teachers and school managers will also be undertaken to enhance their capacity to effectively teach and impart knowledge, employing modern tools and methods.

“Government will undertake systematic exposure to IT-based teaching and learning tools from the Senior Secondary School level in order to make our teachers and pupils compete globally and be compliant with modern trend.”