The Honourable Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo has advised the Item Writers in the State to concentrate their writing skills on intelligent, creative and innovative questions to meet the best standard practice of the 21st century.
The admonition was given at a one day capacity building for Item Writers/Moderators at the State Education Resource Centre, Ojodu Berger.
Adefisayo hinted that the selection of items for students should not be limited to academic learning only but also to questions that will encompass the schemes/school curriculum.
The Commissioner noted that when the concepts of teaching and learning are followed to the letter, the government will surely benefit from the performance of the students, saying that the world is evolving and there is need for the item Writers and Moderators to adapt to the new trends of quality questions and qualitative assessment to sustain academic excellence.
Therefore, she stated that the fundamental basis of making teaching and learning attractive are germaine to Education to attain an enviable position.
Contributing to the discourse, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Abayomi Abolaji also admonished the participants on credibility and integrity, noting that the two attributes should be their watch words to be at par with their counterparts in other institutions.
Abolaji urged them to always have a positive mindset that can add value to education in the State.