…others resume April 26
The ten schools recently involved in Hijab controversy in Kwara State have resumed their third term academic session today (Monday).
A statement earlier released late yesterday by Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Kwara Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, directing the schools to resume, said the decision was to enable them to make up for lost time.
Other schools in the state will resume on April 26, the statement added.
The 10 Kwara schools involved in the controversy were shut down by the state government on February 19 for safety reasons.
Adeosun’s statement read, “This is to inform parents/guardians and teachers that the 2020/2021 Third Term Academic Session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijab debate starts on Monday, April 12.
“This is part of the government’s efforts to bring the students in these schools up to speed in whatever they may have missed when their schools were shut.
“This is especially necessary for students preparing for external examinations.
“The resumption date for other schools not affected by the brief closure of schools is Monday 26th, 2021, as had earlier been communicated.”
According to the permanent secretary, all teachers, and staff of the affected schools should resume duty and commence classes immediately.
She, however, noted that the Monitoring and Inspection team of the Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development would be going round to ascertain compliance.
The affected schools are C&S College Sabo-Oke, St. Anthony’s Secondary school, Offa Road, ECWA School, Oja Iya, Surulere Baptist Secondary School, and Bishop Smith Secondary School, Agba Dam.
Others are CAC Secondary School, Asa Dam road, St. Barnabas Secondary School Sabo-Oke, St. John School Maraba, St. Williams Secondary School Taiwo Isale, and St. James Secondary School Maraba.
