The Lagos State Government has released the approved 2020/2021 academic calendar for schools in the state.
The time table, released by the Ministry of Education, indicates that public and private schools below tertiary level will resume First Term academic activities on Monday, 21st September, 2020 and end on Friday, 18th December, 2020.
The Second Term will begin on Monday, 4th January, 2021 and run until Friday, 16th April, 2021, while students will resume for Third Term on Tuesday, 4th May, 2021 and close on Friday, 6th August, 2021.
In a statement by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, all public and private schools in Lagos State were enjoined to adhere strictly to the harmonised school calendar.
She also urged school leaders to have qualitative health and safety plans that will help protect students, teachers, and workers as schools reopen.
She said, “It is not enough to reopen but to stay open since some schools all over the world had to shut down after reopening due to a spike in the pandemic. All schools must, therefore, make efforts to comply with these requirements, not just for the improvement of the overall school operations but for the safe reopening of academic activities to support the Lagos State Government’s quest for a full return”.
The DG further suggested that teachers, students, and visitors must wear facemasks at all times, observe physical distancing, incorporate regular handwashing with soap under running water and maintain a high standard of personal hygiene within the school premises.
She advised that schools must have an isolation/holding bay to care for medical emergencies should anyone come up with symptoms such as cough, headache, catarrh, difficulty in breathing, sneezing, and fever.