Following the ‘collapse’ of academic activities on Mondays as a result of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order, some private schools in Enugu State now hold classes on Saturdays.
The order was issued by the group in order to press their demand for the release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Kanu is charged with treason for leading a prohibited organization.
For security reasons, some of the school owners interviewed advised against mentioning their names or the names of their schools.
“It is an internal measure adopted by the school management and the parents to make up for lost grounds,” one of them in Emene, Enugu, explained. Whether we go to school or not, the academic curriculum continues. Furthermore, pupils and students take the same external exams as their counterparts outside of this region.
“Instead of allowing Mondays to waste just like that, we devised a means. Our supposed academic activities on Mondays now hold on Saturdays.”
On the condition of anonymity, the principal of a private school on University Market Road in Nsukka stated, “We will not allow our children’s education to die like that.” As a result, we deliberated on the best course of action and switched our Mondays to Saturdays. That is the only way we can fill the void left by the sit-at-home. We don’t want to jeopardize the lives of any children.”
A parent, Cajethan Odo, said, “It is to the advantage of pupils and parents. We pay the school fees accordingly. So, we commend the school authorities for the innovations. I am personally happy.”
A pupil in one of the schools said she was happy. In her words, “On Saturdays, we come to school. We learn what we usually learn on Mondays. I am happy because all my friends come to school.”
InsightnaijaTV reports that despite the cancellation of the sit-at-home order by the IPOB, general activities on Mondays in the southeast region of the country have remained paralysed as unknown gunmen use Mondays to perpetrate their activities.
