Oyetola Orders Osun Schools To Reopen September 21

Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, has announced September 21 as the tentative date for the reopening of schools in the state.

This was announced on Monday in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode.

The commissioner made the announcement at the end of this week’s State Executive Council meeting, the statement said.

The governor said proprietors and heads of schools were expected to continue to put measures in place towards the reopening of schools in line with the guidelines set by the Federal Ministry of Education.

The statement read in part: “Having conducted an assessment of schools within the state to ascertain the level of preparations for reopening, the government has scheduled schools to resume from the COVID-19 break on September 21 for an abridged third term of the 2019/2020 academic session, which is expected to end on October 30, 2020.

“To make up for lost grounds caused by the COVID-19 induced lockdown, a new academic session (2020/2021 session) is scheduled to commence on November 9, 2020.

“Because of the Yuletide, schools will be expected to take a brief recess from December 24, 2020, to resume on January 4, 2021, for the concluding part of the first term of the new session which is scheduled to end January 22, 2021.”