Benue State government has approved Monday, September 21, as resumption for both private and public schools.
The State Commissioner for Education, Dennis Ityavyar, who announced this while briefing reporters, equally pronounced the cancellation of the 3rd term for primary and secondary schools who will be resuming for the 1st term.
He explained that the resumption is for the first term of 2020 and 2021 academic session, stressing that the third term for other categories of pupils and students except JSS 3 and SSS 3 had been cancelled including payment of school fees.
According to the Education Commissioner, it was the collective decision of stakeholders in the education sector in the state that all tertiary institutions be fumigated and COVID-19 protocols strictly observed.
He stated that parents are to provide facemasks and hand sanitizers while school authorities provide hand washing facilities and monitor compliance with social distancing in terms of sitting arrangement.
Ityavyar stated that schools with high population would have to operate morning and afternoon sessions to avoid congestion, stressing that strict monitoring would be carried out to ensure compliance.
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The Education Commissioner, who acknowledged the compliance of Benue people with COVID-19 protocols, said the first term would end on December 18, 2020, while the second term of 2020 and 2021 would commence on January 7, 2021, and end on March of the same year.
Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe
