{"id":32980,"date":"2020-09-29T09:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T09:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32980"},"modified":"2020-09-29T09:29:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T09:29:22","slug":"niger-govt-announces-date-for-resumption-of-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32980","title":{"rendered":"Niger govt announces date for resumption of schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Abubakar-Sani-Bello.jpg\" alt=\"Abubakar-Sani-Bello\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The government of Niger State has announced a date for the reopening of public and private schools in the state as cases of the deadly Covid-19 decline in its domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was announced on Monday by Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/suspected-bandits-kill-17-vigilantes-in-niger-state\/\">Niger State<\/a>&nbsp;Commissioner for Education who said that all basic and post-basic classes of private and public institutions will resume for the third term of 2019\/2020 academic session on Oct. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, who made the announcement during a news conference in Minna said that the decision to reopen schools was a result of a series of meetings with stakeholders and State Commissioners for Education, where resolutions were adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salihu said that the reopening of school would be with exception to public boarding schools, where only SS2 would resume on the same day using the platooning model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, JSS1 and JSS2 are to attend morning classes while SS1 and SS2 would attend evening classes, adding that the 2020\/2021 session would commence on Jan. 3, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to her, pupils of primaries one to three in public schools would attend morning classes, while pupils in primary four to six would attend evening classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She, however, noted that all senior and junior secondary schools as well as private primary schools were to open and operate in line with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\/\">COVID-19 protocol<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of Niger State has announced a date for the reopening of public and private schools in the state as cases of the deadly Covid-19 decline in its domain. 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