Osun orders private and public schools to vacate Friday

The Osun State Government has directed all public and private schools in the state to proceed on Christmas and New Year break on Friday.

This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled ‘Osun Gov’t directs all schools to vacate on Friday, 18 December 2020’

In the statement, the Coordinating Director Ministry of Education, C K Olaniyan, said, “the 2020/2021 first term academic session for public and private schools comes to an end on Friday 18th December, 2020”.

The statement reads in part “the government places a high premium on the safety of our citizens generally and students in particular hence this proactive preventive measure.

Resumption date will be communicated as soon as it’s safe to resume in the new year."

The Ministry of Education wishes all stakeholders in the education sector a merry Christmas and a safe new year.