Lagos to set up Five New Technical Colleges to boost Vocational Education
l-r: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Abisola Dokunmu-Adegbite; Commissioner for Basic Education, Hon. Tolani Alli-Balogun; Managing Director of H&Y Furniture, Mrs Feyisola Abiru; Executive Secretary, Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB), Mrs Ronke Azeez and Senior Special Assistant on LASTVEB, Mr Omotola Giwa-Moore at the event. The Lagos State government is set to establish additional five technical schools with the existing five to make ten across the five divisions of the state. The creation of more technical colleges is to encourage more students to enroll in technical colleges. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Tolani Alli-Balogun dropped the hint at this year's Lagos Youth Skills Day themed “Equipping tomorrow's leaders with skills for a brighter future”, held at Ikeja. The Commissioner said the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu approved the creation of more five technical colleges in orde...