OYO STATE GOVERNMENT REOPENS TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
Oyo state government has directed the reopening of all tertiary institutions in the state for regular academic activities from Monday, September 28.
Governor Seyi Makinde gave the directive on Tuesday, September 15, in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, with the order coming despite the presence of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Conveying Makinde’s directive, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, commissioner for education, science, and technology, announced that necessary Covid-19 guidelines must be put in place for safe reopening.
He also tasked academic boards and the Senate of the tertiary institutions to fix their specific resumption date from September 28 onwards.
In the same vein, primary and secondary students have been directed to resume classes on Monday, September 21, and adhere to the morning and afternoon shifts format.
For students in secondary schools, students in classes JSS1 to JSS3 will resume for the morning shift from 8 am to 11 am.
However, their counterparts in SSS1, SSS2, and SSS3 will resume the afternoon shift from the hours of 12 noon and 3 pm.
