The Ogun State Government has announced automatic promotion for all students except those in tertiary institutions.
It also announced September 21, 2020 as resumption date for schools for the first term of the 2020/2021 session.
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Kunle Somorin made the disclosure in a statement on Monday.
Somorin said the Governor approved the reopening of schools for all classes in primary and secondary schools, Technical and Vocational Colleges as well as Tertiary Institutions.
He noted that a resumption schedule for public schools has been developed as part of efforts to meet the COVID-19 guidelines.
According to the schedule, students in Primary 1 to 3 will attend classes from 8a.m to 11a.m, while pupils in Primary 4 to 6 will be in school from 12noon to 3p.m.
For secondary schools, students in JSS 1 to 3 will hold classes from 8a.m to 11a.m, while those in senior classes will attend classes from 12noon to 3p.m.
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Technical and vocational colleges will operate their normal school hours of 8a.m to 2p.m, while tertiary institutions can resume from September 21 “as may be determined by their respective management”.
The statement read further: “It should be noted that the government had earlier announced that all students had been given an automatic promotion to the next class, including automatic placement for primary 6 students in public primary schools into JSS1 of public secondary schools.
“However, primary 6 students desirous of placement into the State-owned Boarding Schools will sit for the Common Entrance Examination on Saturday, 12 September 2020.
“The hitherto JSS3 students who have now been promoted to SS1 will write their Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in October 2020.”
