The Lagos State government has directed public and private schools in the state to resume on Monday, February 18, 2019 instead of Tuesday, February 19, 2019 as contained in the earlier reviewed calendar.
The new directive announced by the deputy governor of the state, Mrs. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, who also supervises the Ministry of Education, followed the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, February 16, 2019, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In the changed calendar, Adebule informed that all schools in Lagos state are expected to close on Friday, February 22 and resume on Monday, February 25.
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The second leg of the break, she explained will be on Friday, March 8, 2019, while resumption will be on Monday, March 11, 2019.
The Deputy Governor further explained that the measure was to ensure that the academic development and future of the pupils and students of the state were not compromised by the alteration of the election time table and urged all concerned to take note and adhere strictly to the new School Calendar.
