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.
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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.
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Ogunfidodo said that 235 centres in government-owned schools were designated for the examination.
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The tutor-general said that of the number, 90,000 were drawn from public schools while 60,000 were from private schools.
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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.