FG Set To Reopen Schools For SS3 & JSS3 Students By August 4.

On Monday, July 27, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Education announced the reopening of secondary schools for JSS3 and SS3 students from August 4, 2020.

In an unanimous decisions reached today at a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, Honourable Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, (NUT), the proprietors of private schools, and Chief Executives of examination bodies, Senior Secondary Students will have two weeks to prepare for the West African Examinations (WAEC) which will commence on August 17, 2020.

In a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong, “It was agreed that the exit classes should resume immediately after the Sallah break, from August 4, 2020, to enable them to prepare for the WAEC examinations scheduled to commence from the 17th of August, 2020”.

The ministry further stated that another meeting will be held tomorrow (July 28, 2020) between the Federal Ministry of Education and Chief Executives of examination bodies namely, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS to harmonise their examination dates, which will be conveyed to stakeholders expeditiously by the Federal Ministry of Education