As schools in Ogun State reopen, the government has said that students will receive lessons for a maximum of three hours daily.
The new directive which staggers opening time affects all students in primary and secondary schools excluding those in Technical and Vocational schools, Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, stated in a press release.
Pupils in primary 1 to 3 will attend school from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., while those in primary 4 to 6 will receive lessons from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
Pupils in JSS 1 to 3 will attend classes from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., while school hours for SS1 to 3 pupils will be from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
The government, however, said vocational and technical schools would maintain normal hours of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It also instructed that children age 3 to 5 in Early Child Development and Education classes in public schools will not resume until the next phase of the reopening of schools.
Tertiary educational institutions are to resume from Sept. 21.
“However, primary students desirous of placement into the State-owned Boarding Schools will sit for the Common Entrance Examination on 12 September 2020.
“The hitherto JSS3 students who have now been promoted to SS1 will write their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in October 2020,” the government said.
The directive takes effect as schools commence the 2020/2021 academic session following the automatic promotion to the next class for students in government-owned schools.
Schools across the country had been closed since March by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The state government issued COVID-19 guidelines for all schools including the provision of sickbay and isolation rooms and training, designation of some teachers as first-line responders, and suspension of general assembly.
The government said its approach to the pandemic was “deliberate, methodical, focused, inclusive and carefully-balanced between life and livelihood” and it shows in the “steps we have adopted to the reopening of schools, ensuring safety of our children whilst minimizing disruption in their education.”
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