Our Schools Resume Jan 11, We Don’t Have Imminent COVID-19 Threat – C’River
The Cross River State Commissioner for Quality Education, Dr Godwin Amanke, in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, said the state would not change its decision on the January 11 resumption of schools.
Amanke said “That is our original date on the timetable we rolled out last year.”
On the January 18 date fixed by the Federal Government for schools’ resumption, the commissioner stated, “Individual states are subject to their peculiar circumstances. We don’t have any imminent threat in the state to warrant such a shift.
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“We will encourage schools to observe necessary protocols. The parents have a role to play. The teachers have a role to play and children have a role to play.”
Some private schools in the state had fixed their resumption date for Monday (today).
The Chief Press Secretary to the Oyo State Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, said the January 11 resumption date of schools in the state had not changed.
Asked by one of our correspondents if the state would change the resumption date to comply with the directive of the PTF , Adisa stated, “Oyo schools resume on January 11.”
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Also the state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, in an interview said, “For now, the schools resumption date remains January 11.”
