The Lagos State Government has said that Dowen College Lekki may be re-opened on xonditions.
Platforms Africa reports that the college was shut down at the last quarter of 2021 over allegation of bullying that led to the death of a Junior Secondary School student of the schhol, Sylvester Oromoni.
Announcing conditions that must be met before reopening the school, Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, on Thursday, disclosed that the decision was based on the advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) to the Police that Oromoni’s death could not be linked to alleged bullying within the school.
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She told the management of Dowen College, Lekki, to correct internal issues that had been permitting bullying and other ill manners among students in the school.
Part of the conditions laid by the state government for the school management before the facilities could be considered for reopening for second term academic session were that the management must fix school governance gaps and other regulatory issues that might be affecting students’ welfares.
The government said that the lapses were discovered during a comprehensive investigation carried out on the school’s boarding facilities by officials from its Ministry of Education, which was done to understand where the 12-year-old student stayed before death.
