Kogi Directs Full Reopening Of Schools September 14

The Kogi State Government has directed the full resumption of schools by September 14.

Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Wemi Jones, disclosed this at a press briefing in Lokoja on Tuesday.

Jones stressed that the decision was an offshoot of deliberations with stakeholders.

“Therefore, upon further review having had several meetings with relevant stakeholders, His Excellency has directed that all schools in Kogi State should fully reopen on September 14, 2020, that is two weeks from today.

“Hence, His Excellency deemed it fit for every school to open for full academic activities,” The Nations quoted him as saying.

Recall that the Federal Government had directed schools to reopen for exit classes (secondary), so they could sit for their respective promotional examinations.

Meanwhile, the Presidential Task Force on COVID -19 had on Monday, urged sub-nationals to be wary of reopening tertiary institutions in particular.

Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, explained that going by the record of spike in Covid-19 cases in other countries where schools had reopened, state governments needed to have a rethink.

On his part, Jones stressed that the public health advisory on covid-19 would be in place in respective schools in the states.

“The ministry will review the state’s Academic Calendar accordingly to reflect on the new development, and the details would be worked out and released to the relevant stakeholders in due course before resumption.

”However, we encouraged that all relevant educational stakeholders like ANCOPSS, ASSUS, SUBEB, NAPPS, Heads of Tertiary Institutions in Kogi State, NUT, STETSCOM and every other stakeholders are very free to liaise with us at the ministry for further clarification,” he added.