No fewer than 150,000 pupils in public and private schools in Lagos State on Saturday sat for entrance examination into Junior Secondary Schools (JSS1) in the state.
Mrs Florence Ogunfidodo, Tutor-General and Permanent Secretary of Education District II, gave the figure while monitoring the examination at Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Senior High School at Maryland, Lagos.
Ogunfidodo said that 235 centres in government-owned schools were designated for the examination.
The tutor-general said that of the number, 90,000 were drawn from public schools while 60,000 were from private schools.
She said that only pupils from registered private schools were allowed to sit for the examination, which she said, was compulsory for those wanting to continue their education in public secondary schools in the state.
Ogunfidodo said that each pupil must score 50 per cent and above in English Language and Mathematics to qualify for admission into JSS I.
She said the examination was organised for primary six pupils, explaining that any pupil below 10 years would be disallowed from writing the examination. (NAN)
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