By Bashir Bello – Kano Kano State Government has on Thursday announced the
extension of the resumption dates for it students in the Junior Secondary, JSS1
and Senior Secondary, SS1 by additional five weeks as it ordered for the
reopening of schools on October 11th for the transitional and exit classes as
well as the Tsangaya schools owned by the state government.
The Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru who
disclosed this while briefing newsmen said the extension for the additional
five weeks was to enable the transitional and exit classes to complete their
examinations and ensure compliance to the social distancing Covid-19 guideline.
Kiru also announced October 12th for the resumption of the registered Islamiyya
schools and the Primary schools.
The Commissioner further said the schools are to resume for
the third term and within the same period they (the schools) are expected in
the first three weeks of resumption conduct second term examination.
He also said the
government has taken full responsibility for fumigation and provision of
Personal Protective Equipments, PPEs for the over 8,582 public and private
schools while warning proprietors not to collect a dime from parents in the
name of providing face masks, handing wash among others.
According to him, “His Excellency, Governor Ganduje has
considered and approved that the Primary 6 from public school and all the 15
government-owned Tsangaya schools are to resume on Sunday, 11th October 2020.
“On October 12th, the registered Islamiyya schools, Primary schools are to
resume.
Primary One, Two are to attend classes only on Monday and
Tuesday while the Primary Three, Four, Five are to attend classes only on
Wednesday, Thursday to Friday. “Similarly, the JSS3, JSS2, and SS2 students are
to resume fully to enable preparation for the forthcoming transitional and
qualifying examinations.
“A high-powered monitoring team would be constituted by the
Ministry including all stakeholders to ensure compliance as directed in the
guidelines provided by the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 through the
Federal Ministry of Education which is to be adequately funded by the state
government,” Kiru however stated.
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