School Resumption: Osun state reopens schools September 21

Osun State Government on Monday said

September 21, 2020, has been set for the

reopening of schools in the state.

The government disclosed this in a

statement by the Commissioner for

Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs

Funke Egbemode, at the end of this week’s

State Executive Council meeting.

Egbemode also said stakeholders were

expected to continue to put protocols in

place towards the reopening of schools

according to the guidelines set by the

Federal Ministry of Education.

According to her, all schools in the state

are set to resume in phases with effect

from September 21 for an abridged third

term of the 2019/2020 academic session.

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 21st 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.”

Source: The Punch media