Benue State Government has approved the reopening of schools for final year classes on August 4, 2020 in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive.
Commissioner for Education, Professor Dennis Ityavyar who announced this while briefing newsmen at Government House, Makurdi said pupils in primary six and students in JSS 3 and SSS3 are the ones affected by the directive.
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Professor Ityavyar said the West African Senior School Certificate Examination would commence on the August 17, with other examinations such as Mock SSCE and Junior Secondary School also scheduled to commence in no distant time.
He said while government had put necessary measures in place to curtail the spread of COVID-19 among the pupils and students, parents are to also make provision for face masks and other safety measures.
On the planned handover of missionary schools in the state to their owners, Professor Ityavyar said the Governor had approved a committee headed by the Secretary to the State government, SSG, Professor Anthony Ijohor to look into the issue and report back within one week.
