Although public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resumed for the 2009/2010 academic session on Tuesday this week following the suspension of the strike by the members of the state wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), the state government may have to contend with another disruption of its schools if it fails to honour its promise to the teachers.

Students of Caleb International College, Lagos, who sat for the May/June Secondary School Certificate Examinations organized by West African Examinations Council (WAEC) put up a superlative performance as they recorded close to 100% in all the core subjects especially English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, as shown by the results recently released.

One of Nigeria’s leading private secondary schools, Westminster College, Lagos, is commencing a university foundation programme in collaboration with the University of Buckingham, UK, starting this October 2009, for which it has taken admission drive to the South-South geo-political zone with Warri as the main centre.

The protracted infighting at the Nigeria French Language Village (NFLV), Ajara, Badagry, an inter-university centre for French studies, between the Director-General, Professor Sam Aje-led management and academic staff has taken a frightening dimension when an investigation panel set up to look into the dispute was allegedly prevented from sitting on arrival.

The school of part time studies brings in so much money. Even the Vice Chancellor has said the part time school is the goose that lays the golden eggs. But again, where is the money. What is being done to better the lives of people in LASU?