About 181,000 primary six sat for the 2018 Placement Test into Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 in Lagos State on Saturday.
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said the pupils were from public and private schools.
Its Chairman, Dr Ganiyu Sopeyin who spoke to newsmen after monitoring the exercise at Mende Junior High School, Maryland, Lagos said that the test took place in 361 designated centres across the state.
Sopeyin described the conduct of the test as satisfactory in the centres he monitored, which also included Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Junior and Senior High School, Maryland, Lagos.
He said: “This is an annual event. What we are witnessing today is the placement for primary six pupils to gain admission into junior secondary schools in Lagos.
“As you can see, the whole place is peaceful; we have been to the classrooms and it is conducive for the purpose.
“On the whole, in all the centres, we are expecting 181,000 pupils to write this test as against 160, 000 in 2017.
” This is a pointer that parents are now getting interested in enrolling their children in Lagos schools.
“We have to congratulate and thank Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, for his passion for education in the state.”
