By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
The Lagos State government has decided to reopen schools on August 3, 2020, particularly for students in transitional classes.
This information was made public on Friday (today) by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a televised press briefing.
Making clarifications on the guidelines for the reopening of schools, Sanwo-Olu said though schools would be reopened for the transitional classes on August 3, students in Senior Secondary School three and Technical School three would resume first, while pupils in primary schools and Junior Secondary School three students would resume a week or two weeks after the SSS3 students’ resumption.
While charging school authorities in the transitional classes to ensure adequate preparation for resumption ahead of August 3, the governor maintained that, “Tertiary institutions will remain closed.
“We continue to support online teaching during this period.
“However, students in the transitional classes who have mandatory public examinations ahead of them will be permitted to resume for revision classes and examinations.
“The commencement date for this opening will be on August 3, 2020.
“All education establishments are to follow established public health guidelines and protocol for re-opening the schools for these categories of students.
“SSS three and TEC three students are to start; for JSS3 and primary six, they will wait for about a week or two before resumption.
“This permitted opening will be for only day schooling. No boarding activities are permitted during this time.
“School authorities are expected to spend the period between now and the day of re-opening to put in place infrastructure, protocols, and essential items required to comply with all hygiene, safety, and physical distancing requirements.”
The governor also stated that Primary Six pupils would be graded by their already recorded Continuous Assessment for admission to secondary schools.
