The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has announced that schools in Ekiti State can resume from Monday, Sepetember 21, 2020
He said in a press briefing “Ekiti Kete, last month, I announced to you that our schools would be opened on August 10, 2020 to allow our final year senior secondary school students to join their counterparts in writing the ongoing West African Examination Council (WAEC)’s Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE).
“I am pleased to inform you that since our children started their examination on August 17, there has been no spike traceable to them or their teachers. This shows that our preventive measures to safeguard them from being infected has been effective.
“Similarly, I am also sure many of you have received the information that the Federal Government, working in conjunction with States, has announced that schools could resume as from September as COVID-19 cases continue to steadily decline nationwide.
“Consequently, we are encouraged to further open our schools to other classes as from September 21, 2020. It is therefore my pleasure to announce that more classes will be reopened in the State as follows:
“Students in SSS II, JSS III and Primary 6 are to resume on September 21, 2020. Students in SSS I, JSS II and Primary 5 and 4 are to resume from September 28, 2020; While students in JSS I and Primary 1-3 are to resume on October 19, 2020.
“However, pupils in Kindergarten and Nursery Schools are expected to resume on November 2, 2020 when we hope more assurances of safety for their age bracket would have been established.
