4 JULY 2020

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced that school authorities are to resume on August 3.

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On Friday, the Lagos Governor declared this development at a media briefing. He explained that the resumption was for the SSS 3 and Tech III.

Sanwo-Olu added that the decision was taken with stakeholders in the education sector.

He said, “We just finished a very long meeting with various stakeholders in the education sector. That is what has kept us for the past two hours. And so, for the avoidance of doubt, students impacted by this directive would be in the transitional class of JSS 3, SSS 3 and Tech III, the technical schools three, as well”

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“The commencement date for this would be from Monday, August 3, 2020. SSS 3 and Tech III will start. But for JSS 3, we’ll wait for another one or two weeks and we’ll see how we’ve taken the first set of Tech 3 and SSS 3 before they now subsequently would open.

“This permitted opening would apply only to day schooling; no boarding activity of any sort is permitted at this time.

“School authorities are expected to spend this period, between now and August 3, to prepare themselves well and get the right directives from our ministry of education and the quality assurance office under the ministry of education.”

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The Governor continued that the tertiary students will continue their online studies until a decision is taken on physical resumption.

“I know that some of them are also conversing with us on if some final year students would be allowed to have physical opening. That modality, we’re still working on it with them, but the online teaching that has started at the tertiary institutions will continue“