Kaduna State announces school resumption date

By Asma’u Halilu, Kaduna

Kaduna State government has approved Monday, 1st February, 2021 as school resumption date for SS3, JSS3 and JSS1 for public and private schools.

However, primary 6, 5 and 4 of private schools are also to resume on the same date but all public primary schools are to remain closed until all Covid-19 protocols have been properly put in place.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Kaduna State Ministry of Education, Mrs Phoebe Yayi in Kaduna.

She stated that appropriate resumption dates for the rest of the classes SS2, SS1 and JS2 in public and private schools and primary 3, 2, 1 and nursery classes will be announced in due course, subject to school’s compliance with guidelines in place.

The statement directed all Principals and Head Teachers to make arrangements to receive boarding and day students on the approved date.

Mrs Phoebe said schools would be run on shift to enable them meet with the guidelines; as the first shift will run from 08:00am-12:00noon local time,  while the second shift will be from 01:00pm-05:00pm and that the class size should not exceed 20 students per class with 2 meters physical distancing,

The Permanent Secretary mentioned that, the State Covid-19 Task Force would continue to monitor all schools to ensure safe learning environments against the pandemic in addition to strict adherence to the guidelines issued by the State government.

“Any bridge in complying with these protocols may lead to the closure of the affected school without any notice”. 

“The Ministry is assuring the public of continuing with the e-learning program using Google classrooms, radio and television stations and other online applications. Administrators of public and private schools are therefore encouraged to adopt blended learning system as well,” she added.

Confidence Okwuchi