Ogun
State Government has announced the reopening of schools in the for the first term
of 2020/2021 session in addition to the earlier resumption of students in SS3 who
are currently writing the West African School Certificate Examination come Monday,
the 21st of September.
In
a Press Statement issued in Abeokuta by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kunle
Somorin, the Governor, Dapo Abiodun announced that this second phase of the
reopening of schools is extended to all classes in primary and secondary
schools, Technical and Vocational Colleges, and Tertiary Institutions. However, as part of the efforts to meet the
COVID-19 guidelines for school operations, the schools hours are staggered as
follows for public schools.
•
Primary 1 to primary 38.00am to
11.00am
•
Primary 4 to Primary 612.00noon to 3.00pm
•
JSS 1 to JSS38.00am to 11.00am
•
SS1 to SS312.00noon to 3.00pm
•
Technical and Vocational will operate their normal school hours of 8.00am to
2.00pm
Early
Child Care Development and Education classes i.e 3-5 years of age will not be
resuming in public schools until the next phase of schools’ reopening.
•
Private schools are also expected to take necessary measures to meet the
COVID-19 protocols for physical distancing, among other requirements.
•
Tertiary institutions are allowed to commence reopening from 21 September, 2020
as may be determined by their respective Management.
It
should be noted that the government had earlier announced that all students had
been given automatic promotion to the next class, including automatic placement
for primary 6 students in public primary schools into JSS1 of public secondary
schools.
However,
primary 6 students desirous of placement into the State-owned Boarding Schools
will sit for the Common Entrance Examination on Saturday, 12 September, 2020.
The
hitherto JSS3 students who have now been promoted to SS1 will write their Basic
Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in October, 2020.
The
Statement emphasised that the COVID-19 guidelines earlier issued for reopening
of schools are still in effect and include:
•
Provision of Sick bays / Isolation rooms in schools.
•
Training and designation of some teachers as first line responders
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Use of face masks
•
Regular check of body temperature with infrared thermometers
•
Provision of adequate hand washing facilities and alcohol-based sanitisers for
students and teachers;
•
Maintaining of physical distancing of 2 metres
•
Decontamination of schools prior to resumption;
•
Suspension of general assembly.
“Our
approach to COVID-19 pandemic management has been deliberate, methodical,
focused, inclusive and carefully balanced between life and livelihood and this
has manifested in the steps we have adopted to the reopening of schools,
ensuring safety of our children whilst minimizing disruption in their
education. The guidelines are applicable to all schools in the state whether
private or public.
I
have directed the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to provide all
public schools with the required items to meet the guidelines and private
school owners are enjoined to do same.
I
chargeour students to take full benefits of the reopening of the schools for
their education advancement and wish them a very fulfilling 2020/2021 academic
year”, the Governor said.
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