The Lagos State Government has approved the reopening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the state beginning from Monday, November 2, 2020, while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. The
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The Lagos State Government has announced that private and public schools remain closed in the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, announced this on Sunday. He had earlier tweeted that only public schools remained closed
The Lagos state government has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the state following the ongoing #EndSARS protests. The order was contained in a statement released on Monday, October 19 by the state’s Head of Public Affairs, Ministry
The Lagos State Government has approved October 19th for the full physical resumption of all remaining classes in both public and private schools in the state. In a statement released on October 12, the state Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo,
The Federal Government of Nigeria has given a directive to all schools, including higher institutions such as Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education in the country to reopen. Tertiary institution regulatory agencies like the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Commission
The federal government has warned that it could issue another lockdown as states announce schools resumption. The warning was given by the secretary to the government of the federation and chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha on
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, through the Head, Public Affairs, Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi has revealed new plans for the resumption of the 2020/2021 Academic Session of public and private schools. It was stated that only
Whether your kids are heading back to school, full-time or part-time, it is important to keep them as safe as possible, especially as the coronavirus pandemic lingers with no vaccine yet. Although research indicated that children generally tended to experience
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the adjustment of the nationwide curfew time in place in the country. According a report by The PUNCH, the curfew which is put in place in order to restrict movement and to continue
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says primary and secondary state schools in the state will be allowed to reopen effective September 21, 2020. Schools in the country have been shut since March as part of measures to curb the spread
Zimbabwe has made an impressive new policy in favour of pregnant teenagers who are still schooling. The Zimbabwean government has now made it illegal for schools to expel pupils who get pregnant, a measure aimed at tackling gender inequality in
The Minister of State for Education has disclosed that the Federal Government has started considering full reopening of schools nationwide. The minister, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba revealed this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, monitored
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has warned Nigerian parents against sending their children to universities in Northern Cyprus over the incessant and mysterious killing of Nigerians, PUNCH reports. Chairman/CEO of the commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who gave the warning on
The Ministry of Education has announced that exit classes in Secondary schools across the nation will reopen for academic activities on August 4. A statement released this afternoon July 27, by the Director of Press, Ministry Of Education, Ben Bem Goong, says
Representatives of the Federal, state governments and other relevant agencies will be meeting today to review the level of compliance with the conditions for schools to reopen across the country today. While the Federal Ministry of Education has released a 52-page document which highlighted ways
The Oyo State Executive Council has approved a new academic calendar to guide the resumption of schools and other associated educational activities in the state. According to the approved calendar, Third Term 2019/2020 session has been canceled and the promotion
The Federal Government has just reversed its earlier announcement on schools resumption and has instructed that no Nigerian students will not be participating in the forthcoming West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE earlier scheduled for August 5th and September 5th.
Minister of State for Education Emeka Nwajiuba who spoke ahead of the planned reopening of schools, has disclosed that that graduating pupils in Primary 6, JSS 3 and SSS 3 resuming school is not a matter of compulsion, said the decision
The Federal government has extended the ease of lockdown beginning from today, Tuesday, June 30 to July 29. Announcing this at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID19, the National Co-ordinator, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said the extension
Barring any last-minute change, the Oyo State Government has modified the resumption of schools in the state that was earlier scheduled for June 29.The Government had earlier directed all terminal classes including Primary Six (Pry 6), Junior Secondary School Three (JSS3)
A former presidential candidate of KOWA party, Prof Remi Sonaiya, has urged the government to introduce gender equality instructions into the primary school curriculum. Sonaiya, who spoke in an interview with a Punch correspondent, said one of the ways to
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given reasons for the continued closure of schools and tertiary institutions in the state. Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the reasons two weeks after announcing that guidelines for reopening schools would be made public in the
Ahead of plans geared towards the reopening of schools and universities, the Federal Government has listed six conditions every learning institution in the country must meet before they can reopen for academic activities. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka
States have been warned against reopening schools and other activities of mass gatherings ahead of proposed relaxation of measures taken to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF and Chairman of
Emeka Nwajiuba, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, has suggested when schools may re-open nationwide. Speaking during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja on Monday, the minister disclosed that schools may reopen after the ban
