Indian School in Lagos Faces Allegations of Admission Bias Against Nigerian Students
Allegations have been made that the Indian Language School, which is situated at 11 Johnson Street in Ilupeju, Lagos, has been refusing admission to individuals who are nationals of Nigeria.
A user on X who goes by the handle @decommonroom said that in order to enroll in the institution, prospective students are required to have a passport from India, and that only Indian pupils were accepted.
During a debate competition that took place in 2009, the user mentioned their encounter with the institution in a post that was published on X.
At the school, the user discovered that there were only pupils from India, and they were advised that a passport was necessary for admittance.
One of the reporters from The Punch went to the school to look into these allegations so that they could be verified.
The reporter approached the security guards and inquired about the possibility of enrolling the two youngsters that belonged to his uncle in the school.
A guard inquired as to whether or not the uncle was of Indian descent, and the reporter verified this.
The security personnel then made a request for the reporter’s information, which they then brought to an office. Upon his return, the security officer told the reporter that the only person who was permitted to visit the school on behalf of his two children was the Indian uncle.
Furthermore, the security guards did not allow the reporter to speak with either the administrative manager or the receptionist.
In response to the reporter’s inquiry on the rationale for the refusal, the security guard said that the proprietors of the school were not Nigerian, so hinting that they had their own reasons for the stringent admittance standards.
In the meanwhile, a source inside the Indian High Commission in Nigeria, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, revealed that the Indian school was formed in 1982 under specific restrictions, one of which being the exclusion of pupils from the local community.
It was claimed by the source that the policy of the school was not the fault of the school itself, but rather that it was a part of the agreement that was signed when the school was first established.
Indian School in Lagos Faces Allegations of Admission Bias Against Nigerian Students
