…Abia resumes Nov 2
By Sadiq Oyeleke
Private and public schools in Lagos State can reopen from Monday, November 2, 2020.
The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made this known in a statement on Thursday.
The statement was titled, ‘LASG approves reopening of schools from Monday’.
It read in part, “The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020 while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same month.
“This has been an unprecedented year with the recent happenings that have regrettably led to frequent closure of schools with attendant learning disruptions faced by all children.
“We pray and hope that there will be no more disruptions in the academic calendar. However, the State Government will always regard the safety of pupils/students, parents and all staff as a matter of priority.” She stressed.
“We recommend that when schools resume on Monday, teaching and learning should continue unhindered till the end of the term.”
The commissioner advised pupils and students to “take their studies more seriously in a bid to recover the lost period and thereby excel”.
However, the Abia State Government has disclosed that 2020/2021 Academic session will officially begin on Monday November 2, 2020 for all public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools in the State.
This was contained in a release signed by the State Commissioner for Education, D. KCK Nwangwa and made available to DAILY POST on Thursday morning.
According to the statement, all school heads and proprietors are reminded that they must ensure that all the COVID-19 protocols put in place in their schools are maintained and updated where there is need to do so.
“The process of admission of all new students must comply with the guidelines earlier announced,” it concluded.
*Punch; Daily Post
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