The Osun State Government has warned private school owners in the state against illegal reopening of schools.
The government gave this warning in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, who said the government had been informed that some private schools were planning to reopen under the guise of the partial reopening of schools to students in exit classes for the purpose of writing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.
The statement titled: ‘Public Service Announcement,’ views any move of total reopening of schools as “illegal, an infraction, and a flagrant disregard for the guidelines of both the State and Federal Government.
“The Federal Government has approved neither the reopening of all schools nor the resumption of all students. The partial reopening applies only to schools that have registered for WASSCE, and students in SS3 classes who will be sitting for the exams beginning from August 17.
“By implication, only 188 schools and 13,177 students that have been duly registered for WASSCE in the State of Osun are licensed by the State and Federal Governments’ guidelines.”
