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FG announces reopening of exit classes for secondary schools on August 4

Chike Olisah by Chike Olisah
July 27, 2020
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The Federal Government announced this afternoon that exit classes for Nigerian secondary schools are to resume on August 4th, 2020. The announcement was made by the Federal Ministry of Education through a press statement that was signed by its Director for Press and Public Relations, Ben Goong.

According to the government, the reopening of exit classes will enable the students to have 2 weeks to prepare for their West African Examination Council (WAEC) examination which is scheduled to start on August 17, 2020.

This unanimous decision was reached during a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, the Commissioner for Education in each of the 36 states of the Federation, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the proprietors of private schools, and Chief Executives of examination bodies.

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ATTENTION:

EXIT CLASSES TO REOPEN AUGUST 4TH, 2020

Secondary schools in the country are to reopen as from the 4th of August, 2020 for exit classes only. pic.twitter.com/2n9IctVA0O

— Federal Ministry of Education (@NigEducation) July 27, 2020

 

 

Attendees at the meeting also resolved that a passionate appeal should be made to the Federal Government to assist schools across the country, in order to enable them to fast-track their preparedness for the agreed safe reopening.

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The statement also noted that another meeting is scheduled to hold tomorrow (Tuesday, July 28) between the Federal Ministry of Education and Chief Executives of examination bodies namely NECO, NABTEB, and NBAIS. This is to enable them to harmonize their examination dates, which will then be conveyed to stakeholders by the Federal Ministry of Education.

Today’s reopening of exit classes must have come as a surprise to most parents, teachers, and students. As you may well recall, it was just a couple of weeks ago that the Federal Government suspended a previously-announced reopening of schools under its jurisdiction. As Nairametrics reported, the Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu, had even advised WAEC to suspend its examinations. He also urged state governments to toe the line of the federal government because it wasn’t the right time to reopen the schools. According to him, it would be preferable for the students to lose an academic year than to become exposed to COVID-19.

The government’s earlier stance was understandably met with a lot of criticisms on social media. It is, therefore, interesting that the decision was re-considered.

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Chike Olisah

Chike Olisah

Chike was a banker with over 11 years experience in retail and commercial banking, risk management, treasury portfolio management and relationship management. He also acquired some experience in financial management and do have some special interest in investment analysis and personal finance. He had stints with financial institutions like the former Intercontinental Bank and Fidelity Bank.

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Comments 4

  1. ?? says:
    July 27, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    These people should make up their minds! Is school resuming or not!

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    • Anonymous says:
      August 3, 2020 at 8:48 am

      School is nt save if they resume o

      Reply
  2. Nahum says:
    July 28, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    General muhamadu buhari he will be refew

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  3. Jonhnson says:
    July 29, 2020 at 7:36 am

    And Shockingly enough they did a virtual meeting, so they don’t want to get the virus but they now want others to. You people will want to believe that we only have 40k cases whereas we don’t its a lie if developed countries are struggling what then would happen to this country. In fact forget about thr daily count because its useless NCDC should go around checking people not just stay put and expect them to come. If you think its only 40k cases then just go to a market you would see that nobody even cares they go around with their business not even wearing a mask if NCDC doesn’t come to tell the truth about the situation the country is going to be in deep trouble

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