2026/2027: Lagos makes LASRRA number mandatory for school admission
The Lagos State Government has made registration with the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency, LASRRA, compulsory for the enrolment of learners in all public and private schools across the state, beginning with the 2026/2027 academic session. The directive, contained in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Adepeju Adeyemi, will take effect from Monday, September 14, 2026. According to the statement, schools will be required to obtain and record the valid LASRRA registration number of every learner as part of the admission and enrolment process. The directive was approved by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Tolani Alli-Balogun, and is being implemented through the OEQA as part of efforts to establish a comprehensive and verifiable database of learners in Lagos. The commissioner said the initiative would support better planning, monitoring and service delivery across the education sector, while capturing learners on the LASRRA database would improve school record-keeping, strengthen identification and verification, facilitate tracking and provide government agencies with credible data for evidence-based decision-making.
The OEQA has directed schools to include each learner’s LASRRA registration number in admission and school records and to sensitise parents and guardians about the new requirement. Schools are also expected to advise parents whose children or wards are yet to register to complete the process ahead of the new academic session. The Director-General of the OEQA, Dr Sulaimon Olagoke Ogunmuyiwa, said his office would work with LASRRA and other relevant agencies to develop modalities for generating and assigning unique PINs to learners, while sensitisation, registration and verification support would be provided to schools, parents, guardians and learners. He added that compliance would form part of the OEQA’s monitoring and quality-assurance activities across public and private schools. Ogunmuyiwa urged parents, guardians and school proprietors to ensure that learners are registered before the commencement of the 2026/2027 academic session. The government also directed schools to handle learners’ personal information confidentially and securely in line with applicable data-protection requirements. Meanwhile, LASRRA has warned registration agents against collecting money from residents, stressing that registration is completely free, and urged residents to report any agent demanding payment.
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