Secondary school students in final class in Gombe will resume next Monday in preparation for the West Africa Senior Certificate Examination, WASCE.
Commissioner for Education, Dr Habu Dahiru who announced this after a meeting with all principals of the 152 public senior secondary schools and chairmen/Secretaries/proprietors of private schools.
The Commissioner said presentations were also made by the state Rapid Response team/Task force on Covid-19 with principals, teachers and other staff to be subjected to coronavirus tests preparatory to resumption as part of covid-19 guidelines recommended by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Dr Dahiru noted that proprietors of private schools are expected to report preparation status to quality assurance unit in the state ministry of education for clearance.
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He equally urged parents to support their wards by ensuring that all the required COVID-19 guidelines are adhered to during resumption, especially wearing of face masks and hand sanitizing.
The ministry of education encouraged schools to continue e-learning on radio and other media platforms as dates for the remaining classes of SS 1, SS 11 and JSS 1 and 11 will be announced in due course.
(Edited by Sola Jaiyesimi)
