The Federal Government disclosed on Thursday that September 21, 2020 has been set for the reopening of Tertiary institutions, Primary and Secondary school in the country, it’s almost 5months schools has been closed. Minister of Education Mr. Adamu Adamu made this statement at the end of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting.
Stakeholders are expected to continue to put protocols in place toward the reopening of schools according to the guidelines set by the Federal Ministry of Education, and also put in place infrastructure and COVID-19 protocols that would facilitate resumption in the Institutions.
That means all schools in the country are set to resume on Monday, 21st September for a completion of first semester examinations for tertiary institutions and abridged third term of the 2019/2020 academic session for Primary and Secondary Schools.
Having conducted an assessment of schools within the country to ascertain the level of preparations for general reopening of schools in the country, FG has scheduled schools to resume from the COVID-19 break on September 21st.
Also the ongoing industrial Strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be resolved within the remaining weeks before the scheduled resumption date.