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Schools Reopening; Kogi govt. Assures, Parents, Students of Safety Of Lives

From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

Ahead of schools’ resumption on Monday 14th September in Kogi,
the State Commissioner for Education , Science and Technology Mr. Wemi Jones has assured stakeholders, Parents, Students of safety of lives and property.

The Commissioner gave the assurance Tuesday when he paid assessment visit to the three tertiary institutions in the East Senatorial district of the state on their level of preparedness for the resumption of schools on  14th Sept. 2020.

He called on the institutions  to ensure that cultism and other social misbehaviors on their campuses  are checkmated  in line with the governor’s directives , saying that the government has put in place a security model using the latest technology to guarantee safety and security of the institution’s communities.

He said, the government is collaborating with the Security Trust Fund for the implementation , which requires all the institutions to key into it.

The Commissioner also assured them that the government frowns at insufficiency of hostels on the campus and had worked out a model at no cost to the schools , asking them to key into the scheme to help stem tide up campus residence by the students.

The commissioner who commended the  governor Yahaya Bello whose posture against merchandising , commercialisation,  and promotion of Covid 19 have made the state to be the only state in the country  without the presence  of the pandemic.

He  urged them to adjust their academic calender to address the current reality to cover the five months lost to the covid 19 .

Meanwhile, the Provost college of Education Ankpa, Dr. Mohammad Badaru Salihu, the Vice Chancellor of the State University Anyigba,  Professor Morietu O. Tenuche and the Provost, college of Health Sciences and Technology Idah, Comrade  Nuhu Solomon Anyegwu,
Jointly assured him  of the adjustment of the academic calender that will cover the lost ground , which  will not affect the quality and standard of education, commending the government for demarketing the pandemic in the state .

The Commissioner who was accompanied by the Special Adviser to the governor on Education Dr. Gabriel Ottah and other principal officers of the Ministry noted that with level of preparation he has seen in these schools, there would be no need of panicking on resumption.

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