{"id":31862,"date":"2020-09-18T07:56:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31862"},"modified":"2020-09-18T07:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T07:56:18","slug":"ebonyi-govt-orders-reopening-of-public-and-private-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=31862","title":{"rendered":"Ebonyi govt orders reopening of public and private schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/David-Umahi.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ebonyi State government has ordered the reopening of public and private schools in the state as the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic flattens within its borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Commissioner for Education, Onyebuchi Chima, who informed that schools will reopen in the state on Oct. 5, 2020, with the exception of kindergarten and cr\u00e8ches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chima who revealed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the state\u2019s Executive Council meeting in Abakaliki described the executive council meeting as a \u201cgood one\u2019\u2019 for the state ministry of education as it approved the memo from the ministry for the re-opening of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/covid-19-private-polytechnics-beg-nigerian-govt-to-reopen-schools\/\">schools<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said; \u201cThe resumption will be for the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education as academic activities will be \u2018staggered\u2019 according to the ministry\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis means that there will be two sections for schools: morning and afternoon sessions with the morning sessions starting from 8 .a.m to 12 p.m., while the afternoon will start from 12.15 p.m. to 4.p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe junior primary section: 1\u20133 and junior secondary 1-3 classes will have their sessions in the morning, while the senior primary: 4\u20136 and senior secondary 1-3 classes will run in the afternoon session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis implies that each session will run for four hours and we will dedicate the first two to three weeks of academic resumption to intensive studies to conclude the remaining programmes of the 2019\/ 2020 academic sessions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will subsequently conduct a mini-promotional examination to enable the schools to move fully into the 2020\/21 academic session<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ministry applied, and the executive council approved that we will not resume kindergarten and cr\u00e8ches in the state for pupils from 0-5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is because we know that the COVID-19 pandemic is subsiding, but we should not give it the opportunity to spring its ugly head again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ebonyi State government has ordered the reopening of public and private schools in the state as the outbreak Covid-19 pandemic flattens within its borders. 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